13.10.2009
Ukraine by October 8 exports 7.1 million tonnes of grain
Ukraine since the start of the current marketing year (MY, July 2009 to June 2010) up until October 8 had exported 7.1 million tonnes of grain, which is 3.2% up year-over-year, according to a report of by Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry.
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Agroton plans IPO in Warsaw in 2010
Agroton holding is planning to conduct an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2010, Interfax reported yesterday. Agroton would become the third Ukrainian agricultural company to list in Warsaw after Astarta (AST PW) and Kernel (KER PW).
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Beef production in Russia to decline
The current situation in the Russian beef market remains difficult, according to the results of the last six months.
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Ukraine harvests almost 41mln tons of grain
By the beginning of the October second ten-day period Ukraine threshed almost 41 million tons of grain with the average crop capacity of 28.8 centners/ha, the Agricultural Policy Ministry press service informed.
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Ukrprominvest to expand raw materials base in 2010
In 2010, the company Ukrprominvest intends to raise the area under sugar in the Vinnitsa region, including the Gaisin district (from 8,500 hectares to 13,000-14,000 hectares), the Kryzhopol district (from 10,800 hectares to 13,000 hectares).
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Brazil Sugar Deliveries May Be Delayed by Above-Average Rains
Sugar deliveries from Brazil, the world’s biggest maker of the sweetener, may face delays next year after above-average rains pared cane yields and slowed the harvest, producer Grupo Jose Pessoa SA said.
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Australia's wheat forecast likely seen edging up
Estimates of Australia's 2009/10 wheat crop are expected to nudge higher in coming weeks as favourable weather has lifted prospects in Western Australia and the country's southern wheat belts ahead of harvest.
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President of company Biscuit-Chocolate expects rise of sugar prices
Alla Kovalenko, the president of the company Biscuit-Chocolate, considers that sugar prices will be high in Ukraine in the following two years. It is explained by reduction of yield of sugar-beet, rising prices of energy carriers in Ukraine, as well as an increase of sugar prices in the world market because of bad harvest of sugar-cane in India and Brazil.
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Export duties for sunflower seed to stay
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine and the Association of sunflower oil producers (“Ukroliyaprom”) crusade for keeping of the export duties (13%) fro sunflower seed in the country. However, agrarians, growing the oilseed, insist on the cancellation of the export fee, due to the low price of sunflower seed and the desire of agrarians to gain on the foreign market at the expense of sunflower sales.
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Pakko and Agrokontrakt come to agreement on merger
Two Ukrainian food retailers Pakko and Agrokontrakt have reached framework agreement on merger of assets. The merger is aimed to attract a large foreign investment fund to the project selling it a minor shareholding in the united company.
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