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Crop prices surge, as $600bn US move sparks spree - 05.11.2010

Investors scrambled into farm commodities, sending several to multi-year or record highs, as a delayed reaction to America's $600bn economic pick-up package sent the dollar tumbling. Ukraine: agrarians hold out trading of grains, falling within the quotas - 04.11.2010

To date, agrarians of Ukraine hold out trading of grains, which fall within the quotas regime, declared Vladimir Slabovskiy, the Head of the All-Ukrainian Bakers Association. As of Jan-Sept, agrarians grew soybeans average sale price to UAH2,606 per MT - 04.11.2010

Within Jan-Sept 2010 all kinds property agricultural companies (except small-scale ones) have risen soybeans average sale price to UAH2,606 per MT, up UAH62 per MT (+ 2.5%) against Jan-Sept 2009, reported State Statistics Committee. Ukraine. State Reserve Committee planning to buy 60,000 tons of grain - 04.11.2010

The State Committee for State Material Reserve is planning to purchase 60,000 tons of grain at a tender. European Union - The US prime beef quota - 04.11.2010

Beef from the United States continues to increase its focus on the European market with exports for the first eight months of 2010 reaching 14,000 tonnes, a rise of more than 80 per cent on the same period in 2009, according to Cecilia Ruiz, Manager, Bord Bia Madrid. Ukraine: Ukrproduct profits fall despite increased sales - 04.11.2010

Ukrainian dairy group Ukrproduct has seen its first-half gross profits slip by 3% to GBP4.6m (US$8.55m), despite a 7.7% growth in sales. Ukraine, Syria Can Sign Agreement on Free Trade Area - 04.11.2010

An agreement establishing a free trade area between Ukraine and Syria could be signed during the visit to Ukraine of the President of Syria Bashar Al Asad, which is scheduled for the next month. The Head of the Syrian side of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Syrian commission on trade and economic cooperation, Minister of Finance of the Syrian Arab Republic Mohammed Hussein said that at a meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov. Canada blocks BHP's $39bn bid for PotashCorp - 04.11.2010

Canada has blocked BHP Billiton's $39bn bid for PotashCorp on grounds that the deal is not in the country's interest, appeasing provincial politicians but potentially at the expense of international standing. Doubts persist over Ukraine and Kazakh grain - 04.11.2010

Ukraine grain exports remain hamstrung by uncertainty over a quota system, while doubts have emerged over official Kazakh grain figures, as the fallout from depleted harvests continues to hang over the former Soviet Union. Ukraine's National Projects Will Attract 15 Billion USD Foreign Investments - 03.11.2010

The implementation of the ten national projects defined by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych will attract nearly 15 billion USD and thus will increase the national GDP by 4.7% during the next five years. This forecast was announced today by Vladyslav Kaskiv, Head of a working group of the Ukrainian committee on economic reforms at the meeting of the "National Projects." Ukraine's Mriya Agro Holding Rated 'B-'; On Watch Positive; Proposed Bonds Rated 'B' - S&P - 03.11.2010

On Tuesday, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it had assigned its 'B-' long-term corporate credit rating to large Ukrainian farming company. The rating was placed on CreditWatch with positive implications, the agency said in a statement. 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 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218