Agrarian news
08.04.2010
Ukraine 'holds key' to EU rapeseed price
Ukraine holds the key to further rises in rapeseed prices, which closed in Paris at their highest for nearly 10 months, a leading analytical group has said in a report cutting its estimate for the country's production.
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Cooperation with Kazakhstan a priority for Ukraine - President
Cooperation with Kazakhstan is one of the priorities of Ukraine's foreign policy in Eurasia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said at a press conference in Astana on April 7, the presidential press service has reported.
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Ukraine. Winter crop conditions.
The winter crops vegetation renewed in most regions between March 21 and 31. In the South the growth renewed even earlier than end March.
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Problem with debt repayment in VAT refund to exporters
The accumulated debt in VAT refund couldn't be payed to exporters by the current government in "cold cash," reported Anatoliy Bliznyuk, Head of Donetsk Administrative Office on the press-conference in Donetsk on April, 6.
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Ukraine's Avangard Announces IPO
Ukraine's biggest egg producer Avangard has announced a stock-market float in London, becoming the first firm from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to call for a IPO in the UK this year.
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Ukraine. Maize exports decreased by 10% in March
In March 2010 maize exports approximated 500.2 KMT in comparison with 555.5 KMT in February. The maize exports from Ukraine are lower than in March 2009 when it was shipped 1009.2 KMT of maize. Total Maize exports in the current season (July 09-March 10) reached 4 205.8 KMT.
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Cargill establishes new cocoa buying station in Vietnam's Binh Phuoc province
Today Cargill officially opened a new cocoa buying station located at National Road 14, Minh Hung Commune, Bu Dang, Binh Phuoc province.
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Rain nurtures hopes for Australian wheat
Good rains have put Australia on course for a rise in wheat production, even though farmers look unlikely to raise plantings much √ if at all. Rabobank analysts hiked their forecast for the 2010–11 wheat crop in the southern hemisphere’s largest exporter of the grain by 1.8m tonnes to 21.8m tonnes, putting it in line with last year’s harvest.
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Ukraine. Sunflower seed exports increased greatly in March
Sunflower seed exports increased greatly in March up to 43.3 KMT in comparison with 4.2 KMT in February. But the exports fell by 68% in comparison with March 2009 (135 KMT of sunflower).
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Ukraine. 3.1% of winter crops die
As of April 1 this year, winter crops perished on 0.266 million hectares of the 8.56 million hectares sown (3.1% of the acreage), the agricultural policy ministry said quoting regional reports.
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