20.11.2009
Government predicts GDP growth in 2010
In 2010, Ukraine's nominal GDP will reach UAH 1.178 trillion, and real GDP - 103.7% of 2009. This forecast was made in the 2010 state program for economic and social development, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers and presented in parliament on November 19.
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Canadian company Viterra comes on Ukrainian agrarian market
On November 16, 2009, Canadian company Viterra provided the reception party at the hotel HYATT, in Kiev (Ukraine), and presented own entering on the agrarian market of Ukraine, declared the media-department of Ukrainian agrarian confederation.
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Grain sowings to total nearly 16 mln ha
According to prognostic data from regions, as of November 12, grain sowings in Ukraine for the harvest-2010 are expected at the level of 15.9 mln ha, which corresponds to the indices of the current year, declared Yuri Melnik, the Minister of Agrarian Policy.
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Bread output 8% down
In January - October 2009, the production volume of bakery goods reached 1.465 million tons, which is 8% less than over the like 2008 period.
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Tractor production down 85% in ten months
The production of tractors for agriculture and forestry in Ukraine fell by 85.1% in January-October 2009 year-over-year, to 909 vehicles.
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38% of examined juice fails to meet standards
Specialists of the State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy of Ukraine (Derzhspozhivstandard, Gospotrebstandart) have examined 73,000 litres of juice and juice-containing products in Q3 2009, 28,000 litres of them (38%) have been declared not to meet the existing norms, and have been withdrawn from retail outlets.
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Beet sugar output 1 million tons
Ukrainian sugar refineries have produced 1.08 million tons of beet sugar, which is 9.5% less on the year, the UkrSugar association reported.
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Ukraine's MHP to take on 20,000 more hectares
MHP has said it is to take on extra land, and signalled ambitions to further raise its yields, after a "strong performance" by its grain division.
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Ukraine: grain sowings to total nearly 16 mln ha
According to prognostic data from regions, as of November 12, grain sowings in Ukraine for the harvest-2010 are expected at the level of 15.9 mln ha, which corresponds to the indices of the current year, declared Yuri Melnik, the Minister of Agrarian Policy. Winter grain sowings will occupy 8.1 mln ha, spring – 7.8 mln ha.
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EU-Russia Trade Barriers Worry Business Leaders, FT Reports
Economic relations between Russia and Europe may be damaged by trade barriers set up in response to the global crisis, according to executives in the Industrialists Round Table, an EU-Russia business group, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview with Nils Andersen, the group’s chairman.
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