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Ukraine: Crimea increased prices for agricultural products by 17% - 24.03.2010

In January-February period of 2010, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine), prices for agricultural products increased by 16.7% compared to the level of January-February 2009, declared the Main department of statistics of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine lowered sunflower seed exports - 24.03.2010

Exporters of Ukraine essentially reduced sunflower seed export volumes due to the problems with repayment of the value added tax, declared Stepan Kapshuk, the General Director of the association Ukrolyaprom. Mar 1 millet stocks were 5,692 MT - 23.03.2010

As to State Statistics Committee, experts estimate this year Mar 1 grains processing/storage companies millet stocks as much as 5,692 MT. As to experts, this year Mar 1 millet stocks are down 2,444 MT (- 30%) against last year Mar 1 and down 1,210 MT (- 17.5%) as of this year Feb 1. EU countries' direct investments for Ukraine more than 20% reduced last year - 23.03.2010

According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, the volume of European Union direct investments into Ukraine's economy as of January 1 2010 amounted to USD 31.4 billion, representing 78.3% of total investments to Ukraine as of January 1, 2009. EU Food Facility and FAO - 23.03.2010

In 2009, the European Union joined FAO in its efforts to turn the tide of growing hunger in the world by boosting agricultural production with massive support for global food security through its ‘Food Facility’. The global food crisis, spurred on by soaring food prices in 2007 and 2008, was a wake-up call to the international community to get agriculture back on track in the fight against poverty and hunger. Ukraine. Sunflower seeds export cut - 23.03.2010

Exporters have essentially reduced the export of sunflower seeds because of problems involved in VAT refunds, says Stepan Kapshuk, director general of the UkrOilProm association. Ukraine's GDP in 2009 down by 15% - 23.03.2010

According to the report of the finance ministry on execution of 2009 national budget, the growth of real GDP in 2009 was planned at the level of 0.4%, and actually there was a fall by 15%. Ukraine. The condition of winter rapeseed worsened in March. - 23.03.2010

Planted area under rapeseed in good conditions decreased to 33.4% from 38% last month. On the other hand the share of weak and thinned winter rapeseed increased from 20.3% to 25.5% as of March 18. Ukraine. With investment, agriculture group sees best years ahead - 22.03.2010

While much of Ukraine’s economy has been severely punished by recession, many agriculture firms in the “breadbasket of Europe” prospered last year. Their future will be even brighter if investment pours in, as expected. To learn more about the sector’s prospects, the Kyiv Post turned to Anna Dudchenko, deputy chief executive officer of Sintal Agriculture, one of the nation’s larger agricultural groups. Agricultural production on rise in Ukraine - 22.03.2010

The growth of agricultural production in January-February 2010, which amounted to 5.2% compared with the like period in 2009, is one of the highest rates for 2001-2010, said former Minister of Economy Bohdan Danylyshyn. Turnover of port of Odessa (Ukraine) to decrease by 2.6% - to 4.49 million tons in Jan-Feb 2010 - 22.03.2010

Cargo turnover in the port of Odessa demonstrated 2.6% year-over-year decrease for January-February 2010 - up to 4.49 million tons. As tviknaodessa reports, this year in January - February volumes of handled cargo significantly reduced, in particular it concerns grain cargoes in bulk - by 32.2% (to 589.2 thousand tons), ferrous metals - by 21.9% (to 832.5 tons). However, figures of processed containers significantly increased - by 49.6% (to 552.5 thousand tons), of bulk ore - by 33.6% (to 264.3 thousand tons). Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137