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The European Union, as part of the next package of sanctions, has limited the import of fertilisers from Russia.

The restrictions do not apply to deliveries before July 10 under contracts concluded before April 9 this year, according to the Official Journal of the EU.

The Ukrainian Grain Association calls on all international businesses to stop cooperating with Russian business and the Russian state due to Russia’s bloody war Russia against Ukraine.

We call on all foreign companies to immediately cease operations in Russia, stop purchasing goods and services in Russia, and stop supplying resources and goods to Russian aggressor that is committing war crimes in the 21st century, killing civilians, including women and children, and terrorizing the world with a new nuclear disaster by shelling the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

HAMBURG/KYIV, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Chinese buyers made substantial purchases of Ukrainian-origin animal feed corn late last week, European traders said on Monday.

The volumes bought were unclear, with estimates ranging between 300,000 to 700,000 tonnes. One Ukrainian trader said eight to 10 shipments were bought, or at least 500,000 tonnes.

Rome - The world food price barometer surged to a new peak reaching its highest level since July 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today.

The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 133.2 points in October, up 3 percent from September, rising for a third consecutive month.

The FAO Cereal Price Index in October increased by 3.2 percent from the previous month, with world wheat prices rising by 5 percent amid tightening global availabilities due to reduced harvests in major exporters, including Canada, the Russian Federation and the United States of America. International prices of all other major cereals also increased month-on-month.