Kyiv boasts lowest inflation rate

Ukraine lifts ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from Great Britain

Russia: spring crops sowing campaign is conducted at the area of 2.3 mln ha

Ukraine: by the beginning of April the sowing area under spring crops totals 2.43 mln ha

Russia may take place among three leading grain exporters within 5 years

According to the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexey Gordeev, within 5 years Russia may take place among three leading grain exporters.

The state support should be up to the agri-producers’ interests to a more considerable extent

Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) greets the introduction of changes to the Governmental resolution #805, that allows agri-producers to pretend to VAT compensation, declared by §6.2.6. article #6 of the Law of Ukraine “About the value-added tax”.

Kazakhstan: by the end of week grain export duties to be introduced

According to the Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov, by the end of week they may introduce grain export duties or even completely prohibit grain export.

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.