According to the statistics figures, during the first 7 months of the current season (September 2016 - March 2017) Ukraine exported 80.7 thsd tonnes of high-oleic sunflower oil, an increase of 4% compared with the figures for whole 2015/16 MY, and up 32% compared with 2014/15 MY.
Ukraine and Hungary have many areas to create joint interesting projects, as well as sectors to increase the volume of bilateral trade, in particular, to expand the agrarian cooperation in border regions.
Ukraine could place first in the past year eurobonds this autumn, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has told reporters in Washington.
Ukraine and Argentina are expected to establish cooperation in livestock farming, winegrowing and winemaking, scientific and technological development, as well as jointly create a logistics center and agrarian cooperatives.
Ukraine is planning to increase the number of enterprises licensed to export poultry meat to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, arrange beef exports and expand the range of food exports.
ASTARTA Holding which is the member of Ukrainian Agrarian Cinfederation close to complete its sugar beet and sunflower sowing campaign
To date, almost 60% out of planned 47 thousand hectares have been sown with sugar beet and 30% out of 32 thousand hectares – with sunflower. The company plans to complete sowing of these crops in a few days and begin corn and soy sowing campaign.
Ukrainian agribusiness group Kernel is selling its last Russian asset, a 50% stake in the Taman grain terminal. Swiss commodities trader Glencore, which owns the other half of the terminal, is seen as the most likely buyer, national daily Kommersant reported on Friday.
Expecting record foodgrain production this crop year (July, 2016-June, 2017), the Centre imposed 10% import duty on wheat and tur or arhar dal (pigeon pea) with immediate effect — a move which is aimed at protecting interest of farmers as prices of pulses fell below the minimum support price (MSP) across key producing states.
Egypt, the world's largest buyer of wheat, has issued preliminary rejections on seven cargoes of the grain since introducing new import rules in January, prompting many traders to raise prices at state tenders, five traders told Reuters.
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada sets tariffs for heat generated using biofuel at the level of 90% of the tariffs for heat generated burning gas.