The company was visited by managers of Asian companies and holdings interested in corn export performed by NIBULON. At the end of October NIBULON was visited by the managers of Asian companies and holdings, importers of Ukrainian agricultural commodities.
Ukraine has advanced on the way of improving its business environment, which was reflected in the World Bank's report Doing Business 2014, but the country still have to settle many problems to achieve further progress.
In the coming years Ukraine is quite capable to firmly occupy the second position in the world rating of countries-exporters of grains in terms of export volumes, declared Leonid Kozachenko, President of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, at the IV Ukrainian Grain Congress in Kiev.
The possible foundation of the Black Sea grain pool by Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan, which includes a the state monopoly on grain exports, may result in significant losses of grain traders operating in Ukraine, declared Leonid Kozachenko, President of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, on October 16.
Today, October 6 2011, Leonid Kozachenko, President of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, had a working meeting with Gary Vinokur, Director General of Merrill Lynch investment bank.
Ships with grain leave ports of Ukraine tomorrow. Quoting Nicolai Prisiazhniuk, Minister for agrarian policy of Ukraine, the decision was adopted today during the meeting with N.Azarov, Prime Minister of Ukraine.
It takes political will to “automatize” the VAT refund. Also, it takes insignificant, but meaningful, changes in VAT administering which are to “strike the trump cards” from the hands of those who “dally” over refund referring to the interests of the state – deems Sergei Stoianov, Director General, Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation
This country has deviated too far away from the path of civilized countries. We already got used to various disgraceful practices surrounding our daily life. However notorious they might be, our “ways” and logics of our actions, our administering, our judicial proceedings, our daily life (read: “communal economy”) and many-many other aspects of our itsy-bitsy life are not understandable either to an ordinary foreigner, or to “weather-beaten” top-managers of transnational companies with their subsidiaries in many countries of the World.
For some time past, the world population is more and more facing food problems.
To date, a period of reconsideration regarding GM crops growing is taking place, both globally and Ukraine-wide. This in the same manner relates to production of feed for livestock and food for human consumption.
The VAT-refunding issue has driven many up the wall in Ukraine. This concerns both a number of branches of the national economy and some business entities. What worries me is the agricultural sector. The very sector of Ukrainian economy that, for the past two years on the row, has been showing a positive trend in output growth, earning hard currencies for the coffers, as well as carrying half-Ukraine on its broad shoulders.