26.06.2013
Agriculture ministry: Ukraine exports 22.7 mln tons of grain since early MY
As of June 25, 2013 grain traders exported abroad 22.7 million tons of grain since the beginning of 2012/2013 marketing year, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food said in a statement Wednesday.
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Ukraine should cooperate closely both with EU, Customs Union, says Luxembourg PM
Ukraines geopolitical position gives it the opportunity to work closely with both the European Union and Russia, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker has said.
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Law on Elimination of Restrictions in Business Activity signed by President Yanukovych will simplify conditions for business
The President signed the Law ¹353-VII «On Amendments to Several Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Elimination of Restrictions in Business Activity» that provides for the new method of taking response measures by regulatory bodies with regard to the entity. This law was developed and submitted to the Parliament on the initiative of the President pursuant to the decision of the Committee on Economic Reforms in order to further deregulate and simplify business conditions, President Viktor Yanukovych Press Office reports.
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Soybean output 20 times up in 12 years - producers association
Soybean production in the period of 2001-2012 increased by 20 times. If the gross harvest of oilseeds in 2001 amounted to 120 thousand tons, in 2012 it was 2.4 million tons.
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EBRD may slash financing for Ukrainian projects 30% in 2013 over poor investment climate
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development may provide Ukraine only about 70% of the annual financing total if the country does not improve the investment climate, EBRD Director for Local Currency and Capital Markets Development Andre Kuusvek told journalists on Wednesday. If conditions improve, financing might reach the level of past years, or about 1 billion euro, he said.
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Minister: Every 11th ton of grain in the world is from Ukraine
In 2012, every 11th ton of grain in the world was from Ukraine, agrarian policy and food minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk told a briefing.
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Ukraine harvests almost 300,000 t of grain as of June 19
Early grain and leguminous crops in Ukraine have been harvested from 125,000 hectares, and almost 300,000 tonnes of grain has been threshed, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said.
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KSG AGRO imports 1,467 hogs from Denmark
The Niva Trudova farm in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Region received 1,467 hogs from the Danish company Breeders of Denmark. Following this delivery, the number of hogs on the farm has increased to a total of approx 3,000 sows and boars.
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Ukrainian State Food-Grain Corporation and СМСЕС (CHINA) sign contract worth $300 million
Public joint-stock company State Food-Grain Corporation of Ukraine and China National Machinery Industry Complete Engineering Corporation (CMCEC) have signed a contract on imports of products and services from China to Ukraine worth $300 million.
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EBRD to finance largest biogas grid-connected project in Ukraine
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is organizing a financing facility of up to EUR 4.2 million to construct and put into operation a 1.5MW biogas plant at the privately owned agribusiness company Ecoprod, located in the Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine.
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