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In the current year the agricultural holding UkrLandFarming plans to make its first supplies of maize to China at the level of nearly 750 thsd tonnes, declared Igor Petrashko, Deputy General Director of the company.He noted that China continues increasing the consumption of meat, so maize in the country is mainly used for feed consumption for further chicken, pork and beef production.

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.

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.

In October 2013 Ukraine will reach the maximum rates of grain shipments per month - over 3 mln tonnes, which allows to the country to supply the planned volumes of 30 mln tonnes of grains on foreign markets until the end of 2013/14 MY, announced Nikolai Prysiazhniuk, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

He said, since the beginning of July 2013 agrarians already supplied 8.9 mln tonnes of grains on foreign markets, up nearly 8% compared with the last year index for the same period.