Agrarian news
02.11.2009
During four months of 2009/10 MY, Ukraine exported 9 mln tonnes of grains
Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation forecasts the volumes of general grain production in Ukraine in 2009 at the level of over 47 mln tonnes, including over 10 mln tonnes of maize. Even the rates of grain exports exceeds the previous year export volumes, when grain harvest totaled 53 mln tonnes, declared Sergey Stoyanov, the general director of the organization
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Net profit of Kernel Group up 60% in 2008/09 marketing year
Net profit of Kernel Group as of the 2008/09 marketing year amounted to USD 132mn (EUR 88.95mn), up 60% year-over-year.
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Ukraine distributes raw sugar quotas
Ukraine distributed quotas for raw sugar imports in 2009 to the amount of 263.9 thousand tons among 16 countries, the Economy Ministry informs.
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EU to lend Ukraine 500 mln euros
The European Commission proposed to European Union governments on Friday to lend Ukraine up to 500 million euros ($741 million) and Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 million euros to help them battle the economic crisis.
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Belarus-Ukraine trade hits $2bn in January-September
In January-September 2009 the trade between Belarus and Ukraine reached $2.07 billion, or 51.4% to the same period last year, BelTA learnt from the trade and economic group of the Belarusian diplomatic office in Kiev.
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Ukrainian producers of chemical fertilizers increased exports
The world autumn demand in fertilizers stimulates Ukrainian producers to increase capacity utilization and provides hope for successfully completion of the season. At the same time, prices for chemical industry production continue rising.
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As of Jan-Sept, agrarians declined grapes average sale price to UAH2,764 per MT
Within Jan-Sept 2009 all kinds property agricultural companies (except small-scale ones) sold grapes at average UAH2,764 per MT, down UAH48 per MT (- 1.7%) against Jan-Sept 2008, reported State Statistics Committee.
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Epidemic of A/H1N1 flu started in Ukraine - Health Ministry
The epidemic of A/H1N1 flu started in Ukraine. Health Minister of Ukraine Vasyl Knyazevych said this in the interview to UNIAN.
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One more state-owned company being established in Ukraine
Following the experience of Russia, where a large state-owned grain market operator was established, Ukraine also declared the intentions to create a state owned company. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy reportedly drafted a proper government resolution. At the moment, the draft is passing through the approval process in other ministries and departments.
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Ukrainian economy recovering from the crisis gradually
Ukraine’s industry is gradually recovering from the crisis: the September rate of the industrial production decrease was the lowest since early the year (18.4%) and dropped for the 9 months to 28.4%, reported the State Statistics Committee. Despite fallen outputs in the metallurgical industry, a positive trend was set by the chemical and machine-building branches. Experts are sure that the downturn pace will slow down to 21% by the year’s end. This means the start of the economy’s long recovery.
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