Mounting soybean sales could mean record exports

The U.S. Soybean Export Council announced on Aug. 31 that mounting new-crop export sales are bolstering some analysts’ predictions that U.S. soybean exports will reach record levels during the first half of 2009-10.

Pig iron export 35% up in July

Pig iron export grew by 35% or 33,380 tons in July 2009 from June 2009, to 128,750 tons.

EBRD lends $37 million to Odessa Terminal Holdco Ltd

EBRD lends $37 million to Odessa Terminal Holdco Ltd

FAO Raises Concerns over Possible H1N1 Pandemic

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is concerned that the H1N1 flu virus in turkeys in Chile could strengthen a global pandemic.

UkrTechnoPhos to launch branch in Ternopol region

UkrTechnoPhos, a major mineral fertilizers producer, will launch a branch in the Ternopol region. The company has a multibranch network in the Vinnitsa, Lvov, Khmelnitsky, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Kherson, and Kirovograd regions.

Kernel Group to retain 2009 financial indicators in 2010

Kernel Group, a large operator on Ukraine's sunflower seed oil market, plans to boost its net profit in the new fiscal year, which coincides with the marketing year for grain crops started from July 1, by 1.1%, to $130 million, according to a company report issued on August 28.

01.09.2009

Ukraine Collects 36.7 mln mt of Grain

On 27 August 2009 Ukraine agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnik told journalists at a press conference that Ukrainian agricultural producers have completed their grain harvesting campaign and have collected 36.7 mln mt of grain.

NIBULON gets another 3 vessels for own fleet

Wadan Yards Okean (Mykolayiv) has today launched another three non-self-propelled dry-cargo river-sea ships produced by order of NIBULON Agricultural Limited Liability Company. NIBULON thus already has four barges.

Ukraine to reduce tariffs for grain shipment in the ports

Ukraine increased agricultural products output by 3.8%

During the first seven months of 2009, the general output of agricultural products in all agrarian economies of Ukraine increased by 3.8%, including agricultural enterprises - up 5.9%, economies of Ukrainian population - down 1.8%, declared the State Statistics Committee on August 13.