For the first quarter of 2019 consolidated revenues of the Astarta grew by 28% to EUR 116 million y-o-yon back of solid performance by the agriculture and the soybean processing segments.
During January-April 2019 Ukrainian producers of honey have exported 17.5 thousand tons of honey and have got $32.3 mln. The quantity of trade has increased at 35.85% in comparison with the same period of 2018. The main consumers were Germany (26.64% in the export structure), Belgium (20.15%) and Poland (12.76%).
As of January 1, 2019, the number of private farms in Ukraine decreased by 0.9% from the previous year, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
According to the State Statistics Service, grains and pulses stocks in Ukraine as of March 1, 2019 were 9.4% higher than as of the same date last year.
On March 20, the scientific and educational elite of Ukraine arrived in Mykolaiv as part of the fourth round of the All-Ukrainian Olympiad in geography. The guests visited NIBULON shipbuilding and repair yard and the transshipment terminal.
The pace of corn exports from Ukraine continues quickening. In February, the country shipped abroad a record corn volume for that month (3.7 MMT) and the greatest monthly volume since December 2013/14, reports UkrAgroConsult.
The current season features a record gain in rye supplies from Ukraine. So, the country exported 85.1 KMT of rye in July-January 2018/19 that is already 123% more than in the whole of MY 2017/18 (38.2 KMT) and the largest volume since MY 2002/03, reports UkrAgroConsult.
During January-February 2019 ASTARTA purchased 130 grain hoppers from Ukrainian producers “Dniprowagonmash” and “Kriukivskyi wagon construction plant”.
In the year 2018, Ukraine significantly expanded the geography of agricultural products exports, having entered 85 new markets, the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection (SSUFSCP) reports.
The oilseed crushing plant of Ukrainian agroholding Astarta-Kyiv in Globino district of Poltava region produced 40 KMT of soybean oil in 2018.