Agrarian news
01.07.2011

Ukraine: fate of the export duty on sunflower seeds
Since the moment of adoption of the export duty on sunflower seeds and to the present day, the issue of its reduction or cancellation was raised repeatedly, each time causing excitement among participants of the Ukrainian oilseed market.
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Russia produced 355 thsd tonnes of new crop grains
Agricultural enterprises of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts of the Russian Enterprises started the harvesting campaign of winter barley and wheat, declared the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia on June 30.
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Ukraine: Ministry of Economic Development proposes to impose the export duties on sunflower oil, range of grains and industrial crops
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine prepared the draft law "On rates of export duties on certain varieties of agricultural products and on making amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On making of amendments to the Tax Codex of Ukraine and adoption of tariffs of the export duties for several varieties of grains”.
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Prolonged rainfall to decrease wheat production volumes by 5-10% - HydroMeteorological Center
To date, the continuing rains in Ukraine caused damages to sowing areas of winter and spring wheat, reported Tatyana Adamenko, Head of agricultural department the HydroMeteorological Center of Ukraine. According to her, as a result it can be e
more30.06.2011

Agrarian Fund plans to purchase 2 mln tonnes of grains in July-September
The Agrarian Fund of Ukraine plans to buy 2 mln tonnes of grains of the new harvest in July-September of 2011, declared Nikolay Bezugly, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, on June 29.
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Ukraine: Creativ begins to build new oil-extraction plant at the sum of 49 mln USD
The industrial group Creativ (Kirovograd), one of the largest producers of fat-and-oil products, announces about the start of construction of new oil extraction plant with a capacity of processing at the level of 1700 tonnes of sunflower seeds per day.
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Ukraine: issues of imposition of the export quotas and export duties on grains are not currently considered – Ministry of Agrarian Policy
The issues of imposition of the export quotas on grains in Ukraine, together with the export duties are not currently being considered in the Government, declared Sergey Kvasha, Director of the department of the agrarian market development of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, on June 24 at the conference Grain Forum - 2011 in Yalta.
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Beef prices high, feed costs increasing further
Agricultural economists from the agri benchmark Network study the developments of global markets and production of beef and sheep production
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Ukraine: exports - main driver of the grain infrastructure development
Taking into account that the domestic consumption of grains in Ukraine is likely to decline in future (due to the population decline), export shipments will become the major clue in the long term, stated Rodion Rybchinskiy, Head of the department of business projects of APK-Inform Agency, during his presentation at the international conference Grain Forum - 2011 in Yalta.
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Russia not to provide record supplies of grain volumes in July 2011 – expert
Igor Pavensky, Head of the department of market analysis of strategic marketing department of CJSC Rusagrotrans, reported that in July 2011 Russia will not provide any record supplies of grains from the country after cancellation of the grain embargo.
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