The Group Allseeds started to implement the second stage of its global development in Yuzhny port, the construction of a multifunctional soybean crushing plant, with a daily production capacity of 5,000 tons. This plant will be unique in capacity among the European oil extraction plants.
In the first quarter of 2017, Ukraine’s exports of sugar amounted to 267.4 thousand tons worth $131.5 million, which is 8.6 times more compared to the same period in 2016, the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reports.
Ukraine exported 1.2 MMT of wheat in April 2017 that is down 8% year-on-year (1.3 MMT in April 2016).
China has vetted Ukrainian frozen beef exports, Ukraine's State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection reported.
Agrarian Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Taras Kutoviy has said that he is resigning from his ministerial position and asked lawmakers to support his decision.
The decision of the European Parliament to increase the tariff rate quotas for Ukrainian agricultural products would allow additionally receiving around $200 million in sales volumes, Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported.
Ukraine could place first in the past year eurobonds this autumn, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has told reporters in Washington.
Ukraine and Argentina are expected to establish cooperation in livestock farming, winegrowing and winemaking, scientific and technological development, as well as jointly create a logistics center and agrarian cooperatives.
Ukraine is planning to increase the number of enterprises licensed to export poultry meat to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrange beef exports and expand the range of food exports.
Ukrainian agribusiness group Kernel is selling its last Russian asset, a 50% stake in the Taman grain terminal. Swiss commodities trader Glencore, which owns the other half of the terminal, is seen as the most likely buyer, national daily Kommersant reported on Friday.