In January-May, Russia exported 8.33 million tons of wheat and meslin valued at $1.456 billion, declared the Federal Customs Service of Russia on July 8. According to the announcement, the major volumes of wheat were traditionally shipped to far abroad foreign countries – 8 million tons (at $1.4 billion). In the reporting period, wheat import…
Kazakhstan exported 8.3 million tons of grain and flour in 2015/2016 MY, 1 million tons higher that expected, declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan on July 8. In particular, the country exported 5.4 million tons of grain and 2 million tons of flour (2.9 million tons of grain equivalent). It should…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on September 7 will decide on the provision of a $37 million senior secured loan to M.V. Cargo LLC to finance construction of a grain terminal at Yuzhny seaport (Odesa region). The total cost of the project is $130 million. The report to finance the project was…
By 2018, Mexico may increase its purchases of Russian wheat over 2 times – from nearly 200 thousand tons expected in the current year, to 520 thousand tons, declared the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food of Mexico, Jose Calzada Rovirosa on June 27. According to him, if Russia provides wheat at…
In the first half of 2016 Ukraine has fully used quotas for duty free exports of goods to the EU for the nine groups of agricultural products: honey, sugar, cereals and flour, malt and wheat gluten, processed tomatoes, grape and apple juices, oats, wheat, wheat flour and granules, corn, corn flour and granules. The press…
As of July 4, early grains and pulses were harvested from 576 thousand ha (6% of the intended area) compared with 502 thousand ha as of July 6, 2015. Farmers obtained 2040 KMT with average yields of 3.54 MT/ha. By July 6, 2015 grain harvest had reached 1530 KMT with average productivity of 3.05 MT/ha.…
In May Russia exported 445.5 KMT of corn, up by 62% YoY. Since the beginning of the season corn exports from Russia have already exceeded 4 MMT compared to 2.39 MMT during October-May in season 2014/2015. Russia increased corn shipments to EU and Arab countries. Exports of Russian corn to Lebanon have already exceeded 300…