The introduction of antidumping duties imposed on Russian urea and urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN) should be postponed until Ukrainian parliament passes the bill concerning zero nitrogen fertilizers duties for other countries.
Egypt, the world's largest grain importer, is streamlining its import procedures and establishing a registry of companies that will inspect potential purchases abroad, the Trade Ministry said on Friday.
In 2016, exports of sugar amounted to 465.9 thousand tonnes, hitting record figures over the whole history of Ukraine's independence, the press service of the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reports.
Agricultural company Nibulon, which is the member of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, harvested over 340,000 tonnes of agricultural crops in 2016, and this is 10% more than in 2015. According to a posting on the company's website, this is the largest harvest in the history of the company.
The Government of Ukraine plans to carry out a high-quality land reform until 2020. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said this at the Cabinet’s meeting.
The expansion of EU exports quotas for Ukrainian goods is a top priority for the Ukrainian government, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine's Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska has said.
Ukraine and Latvia are interested in intensifying cooperation in the areas of forestry, fisheries, animal husbandry and breeding. This was discussed during the 6th joint meeting of the intergovernmental Ukrainian-Latvian commission for economic, industrial and scientific-technical cooperation, the press service of the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine reports.
Milk Alliance Group has reported that a first batch of butter with 82.5% fat content in the amount of 140 tonnes has been shipped to the Netherlands.
Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has said that around 30% of the cost of Ukrainian-made agricultural machinery with the localization level of 50% could be refunded from the budget.
Sugar production in Ukraine as of December 6, 2016 was 1.74 million tonnes. According to the Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers, on that date the country had processed nearly 11.86 million tonnes of sugar beets.