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Business Sense: Robbing the ‘Breadbasket’ - 10.06.2011

Ukraine, one of the top grain exporters in the world and nicknamed the “Breadbasket of Europe,” is being robbed by its government. How to increase agricultural industry’s competitiveness, efficiency - 01.06.2011

A key driver for growth and development is in the agricultural industry. Ukraine has an immense amount of arable land with highly coveted “black soil” that can produce a wide variety of crops that are in high demand as the global population grows and agricultural commodity prices remain high. Unfortunately, we continue to talk about the gap between reality and the unrealized potential. Our organization, the American Chamber of Commerce of Ukraine, thinks it is a priority to develop a competitive and efficient agricultural industry in line with free-market principles. In May Ukraine exported 600 thsd tonnes of maize - 01.06.2011

The belated decision of the Government of Ukraine concerning cancellation of quotas on grain exports led to the fact that in May 2011, the country exported 600 thsd tonnes of maize only, stated Vladimir Klimenko, President of Ukrainian Grain Association, on June 1. Ukraine: maize sowing areas to exceed 3 mln ha - 25.05.2011

As of May 18, 2011 Ukraine sowed 7.3 mln ha of spring grains as opposed to 7.6 mln ha of the planned sowing area, stated the First Deputy Minister of the Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Bezuglyi on May 19. Ukraine to harvest over 45 mln tonnes of grains - 25.05.2011

According to the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Bezugly, this MY Ukraine will harvest over 45 mln tonnes of grains. Ukraine to harvest over 45 mln tonnes of grains - 24.05.2011

According to the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Bezugly, this MY Ukraine will harvest over 45 mln tonnes of grains. Ukraine: maize sowing areas to exceed 3 mln ha - 24.05.2011

As of May 18, 2011 Ukraine sowed 7.3 mln ha of spring grains as opposed to 7.6 mln ha of the planned sowing area, stated the First Deputy Minister of the Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Bezuglyi on May 19. Ukraine: grain traders forecast the decrease of grain prices after imposition of the export duties - 20.05.2011

Following the acceptance of the law on export duties for grains by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the market will possibly face reduction of prices for grains, especially for maize. Representatives of the range of Ukrainian grain trading companies declared such forecast to experts of APK-Inform Agency. Ukraine: Ministry of Agrarian Policy considers inappropriate to cancel export duties for sunflower - 20.05.2011

Nikolay Bezugly, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, considers that it is premature to cancel the export duties for sunflower seeds in the country, announced he on May 19. Grain stocks in Ukraine exceed the last year volumes, exports should be immediately opened - S.Stoyanov - 19.05.2011

According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, as of May 1, 2011, grain stocks at processing and agricultural enterprises total 8.3 mln tonnes, an increase of almost 8% or 0.6 mln tonnes compared to the same date of 2010, when the export trading was realized in free mode. Ukraine increased output of agricultural products by 4% - 19.05.2011

In January-April period of 2011, the general production of agricultural commodities in Ukraine increased by 4% compared to the same period of 2010, including agricultural enterprises – up 9.3%, and households of the population – down 0.6%, declared the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on May 16, 2011. 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