Singaporean company Wilmar plans to create JV with Ukrainian and Russian companies

According to the report of the company Wilmar International (Singapore), they plan to create a joint venture with total cost of $136 mln with Nizhegorodsk Oil-and-Fat Plant (SC "NZHMK", Russia) and Ukrainian company Delta Exports Pte Ltd.

Use of illegal and counterfeit plant protection products

At the round table today, organised by the European Business Association (EBA) and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA), members of the plant protection industry launched an initiative entitled the European Union Crop Protection Information Service (EUCPIS) to develop awareness within the farming and food production industries of the growing threat to the economics of farming in Ukraine and the human food chain of illegal and counterfeit plant protection products.

Kazakhstan will be able to transport goods to the external markets through Omani ports to the Indian Ocean coast

According to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kazakhstan and Oman can increase the mutual trade volumes using the future transport routes through the territory of Iran.

Russia: the state of the winter crops in Russia is better than last season

According to the data of the State Meteorological Office of Russia, only 6-8% of the winter crops sowings (1-1.3 mln ha) are in unsatisfactory state - did not rise or thinned out.

Russia: in 2007 wheat export totaled 14.5 mln tonnes

Kazakhstan: restrictions on wheat export to be introduced since March 1

Tymoshenko says Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental talks were constructive

Education minister says Ukraine's WTO accession will make natural sciences more popular

Ukraine, EU start talks on free trade zone

Ukraine to increase grain yield to 50 mln tonnes in next 1-2 years