Inflation in Ukraine in 2009 could exceed 15%, Accounting Chamber of Ukraine Board Chairman Valentyn Symonenko has said.
"According to our estimates, in spite of the fact some seasonal deflation was observed in August, the inflation of consumer prices on the market will exceed 15% by the end of 2009," he said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.
Symonenko said, referring to the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine, that Ukraine's GDP in the first half of 2009 fell by 19.7% year-on-year.
3 September 2009, Geneva/Rome – With climate change increasing the incidence and severity of weather events, agriculture, one of the most climate dependent of all human activities, depends heavily on effective meteorological services which are vital to climate change mitigation and adaptation, said an FAO expert today.
During January-July of 2009, the general volumes of sold agricultural products, made by agricultural enterprises of the Crimea (Ukraine), increased by 6.9% compared to the same period of 2008, declared the Main department of statistics of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Leading producers and exporters of sunflower oil of Russia and Ukraine will participate in the work of the international conference "Oilseeds & Oils 2009", taking part on October 12-14, 2009, in Turkey.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation increased the estimation of grain losses due to draughts from 11 mln tonnes to 13 mln tonnes, declared Elena Skrynnik, the Minister of Agriculture, on September 2.
On August 27, 2009, the committee of directors of Russian Grain Union accepted the decision to initiate the imposition of the import duty at the rate of 10%, but not lower 30 EUR/t, for soybean, imported to the Russian Federation.
According to the decree of Julia Timoshenko, the Prime-Minister of Ukraine, the State administration of sea and river transport provided several meetings concerning the issue of grain cargoes transportation in the sea trading ports and recommended to all stevedore companies, operating at the territory of the ports, to avoid growing of tariffs for grain shipment, declared the press cutting service of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Ukraine.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its first survey-based forecast for U.S. soybean production this year, said farmers will produce “a record high” 3.199 billion bushels.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, after revising its June 30 corn planting estimate, said Wednesday it has raised its forecast for corn production this year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday raised its forecasts for U.S. wheat production and average yield from those made a month ago, although both new predictions are lower than 2008 levels.