In January-June the seaports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 29.4% YoY, to 12.1 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. At the same time some increasing of mineral fertilizers shipment by 9.9%, to 8.5 million tons, was observed. The general cargo turnover in the Russian…
Imposition of the quotas on grain exports from Russia looks more preferential compared with current usage of the export duties, however realization of the reporting mechanism has some restrictions due to the Russian Federation’s obligations under the WTO, declared the Head of the Department for Control over Chemical Industry and Agro-industrial Complex at the Federal…
In the season-2016/2017 the production of sunflower oil in Ukraine will increase to 5.36 million tons, against 4.78 million tons in the previous year, due to significant increasing of sunflower seed production in the country. As a result, the key country-exporter of sunflower oil in the world will increase its shipments by 0.55 million tons…
Buckwheat and potatoes mostly rose in price in June in Kyrgyzstan. According to the data of the National Statistics Committee, in June there was a slight increase in prices for food and non-alcoholic products – by 0.4%. Growth of prices for buckwheat (11.4%), fresh meat (1.6%), potatoes (1.6 times, considering the new crop), alcoholic beverages…
The beginning of the season 2016/2017 was marked by export prices reduction to six-year minimum. Only during the first week of the new season prices for all grain crops lost on average $7, and they are also down by $40 compared with the beginning of last season. In fact, price reduction is typical for a…
As of July 11, agrarians harvested 6.07 million tons of early grains and pulses throughout the areas of 1.75 million ha, or 19% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.47 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 4.52 million tons of grains throughout 1.46 million ha, with the…
According to the official statistics, in May the exports of soybean meal / cake from Ukraine reached the record monthly index at almost 50 thousand tons, or 20% of the general export volumes since the beginning of the current season (September-May of 2015/2016 MY). In the reporting month, exports grew by 45% compared with April,…