ASTARTA Holding which is the member of Ukrainian Agrarian Cinfederation close to complete its sugar beet and sunflower sowing campaign
To date, almost 60% out of planned 47 thousand hectares have been sown with sugar beet and 30% out of 32 thousand hectares – with sunflower. The company plans to complete sowing of these crops in a few days and begin corn and soy sowing campaign.
AvangardCo IPL, the largest exporter of eggs and egg products from Ukraine, will continue to export its products to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the European Union (EU), and to its other export regions which have not banned imports from Ukraine.
July 8th, 2016 Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation carried out the roundtable within the framework of All-Ukrainian project contest Agro Challenge. The event was devoted to IT innovations in agricultural sector. The representatives of public and international organizations (UAC, UCC, FAO, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council), agricultural holdings (Ukrlandfarming, Astrata Ukraine, Kernel Trade) and IT companies (Intel, Ciklum, UA Technology, Skyline Software, USP),
July 5th, 2016 Interfax-Ukraine held the press conference “NO to new taxes! YES to separate collection of packaging waste!” The representatives of industry and business associations expressed their unified position against the tax on production and import of packaging and packaged goods. The event was attended by the President of UAC Leonid Kozachenko, the President of American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine Andrij Gunder, the Deputy CEO of European Business Association Svitlana Mykhailovska, the Chairman of Ukrainian Milk Traders Association Vadym Chaharovsky and the RPR expert Mykhailo Sokolov.
22 of June, 2016 the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine jointly with the Directorate-General "Agriculture and Rural Development "(DG AGRI) in Brussels held "EU-Ukraine agricultural business roundtable" within the dialogue Ukraine-EU agricultural issues.
In September-December of 2013/14 MY Ukraine exported 7.5 thsd tonnes of sunflower seed, a decrease of 9 times compared with the same period last season, declared Sergey Stoyanov, General Director of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation. According to him, increasing of the competition for raw materials between oilseed processors caused reduction of the export volumes.
The AIC’s non-government professional organizations support execution of an agreement concerning the deep and comprehensive free trade area with the EU. The non-government professional organizations, such as the European Business Association, Agrarian Union of Ukraine, Association of farmers and private landowners of Ukraine, the Ukroliyaprom Association, the Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business Association,
In November 2013 Ukraine exported the record volumes of grains and oilseeds - 4.6 mln tonnes, declared Sergei Stoyanov, General Director of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, on December 2. In particular, he noted that grain exports totaled 4.2 mln tonnes, which also became the record, including 3.4 mln tonnes of maize, 650 thsd tonnes of wheat, nearly 100 thsd tonnes of barley.
The record grain harvest in the current year will contribute to stabilizing of seed prices for agrarians of Ukraine, informed Leonid Kozachenko, President of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation. He noted that rice may form the single exception, but the growth of prices for seeds of the grain will be negligible.
After Ukraine becomes the associate member of the European Union, the country will be able to bring the EU to the position of the world leader on grain exports, declared Leonid Kozachenko, President of UAC. According to him, the association of Ukraine with the EU will lead to some redistribution of roles on the world grain market, and changing of the world ratings of international grain suppliers.