28.09.2009
Quality of gape harvested in 2009 acknowledged high
Primary wine-making enterprises based in Crimea, the Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, and Zakarpatye regions have completed harvesting white grape Aligote, Feteasca, Sauvignon, Chardonnay and others.
more28.09.2009
India to extend tax-free white sugar imports
India, the world's largest sugar consumer, will extend permission for tax-free imports of white sugar beyond November but the move is unlikely to trigger immediate purchases as dealers eye cheaper prices.
more28.09.2009
India's summer oilseed output to decline
India's summer-sown oilseed output is likely to fall by more than 4 percent to 13.1 million tonnes in 2009/10 due to a drop in groundnut production, leading trader and respected analyst Govindbhai Patel said on Friday. Supplies of edible oils from summer-sown oilseeds in 2009/10 are seen at 3.7 million tonnes, marginally down from 3.8 million tonnes in the same period last year, Patel said.
more28.09.2009
China formally begins probe into US chicken parts
China on Sunday formally launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into chicken parts imports from the US, two days after US lawmakers agreed to end a gag order that prevented the US from even considering importing Chinese cooked poultry.
more26.09.2009
Aug cattle number down 1.5%, to 5.653 mn heads
Aug 2009 cattle number has declined to 5,652.600 heads (as of Sept 01/09), down 83,500 heads (- 1.5%) against Jul 2009, reported State Statistics Committee.
more26.09.2009
Aug milk output down 6.1%, to 1,208.000 MT
Aug 2009 milk output has slackened to 1,208.000 MT, down 77,900 MT (- 6.1%) against Jul 2009, reported State Statistics Committee.
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Draft Y2010 State Budget provides for UAH 25.8 Bl to support the agro-industrial sector
UAH 25.8 Bl for support to the agro-industrial sector is envisaged in the draft State Budget for 2010, reported Premier Yulia Tymoshenko while presenting this draft Budget. According to her
more26.09.2009
Regions purchased 1.1 MMT of grain from the Y2009 crop
As of September 11, the regions had stockpiled 1,081.3 KMT of food grain from the Y2009 crop, i.e. 70.6% of their plan, said a representative of the Agrarian Policy Ministry.
more26.09.2009
Israel pushing for a free trade zone with Ukraine
A free trade zone may be created between Ukraine and Israel. In particular, according to Deutsche Welle, Israel’s association of chambers of commerce has launched a process of lobbying for an appropriate initiative in the Israeli government.
more25.09.2009
Ministry of Agriculture of Russia to support Russian grain exports
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation covers the ground of supporting of Russian grain exports, declared Elena Skrynnik, the Minister of Agriculture of Russia. As a reminder, according to experts, the state support of exports will assist stabilizing of grain prices on the domestic market.
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