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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: 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. Ukraine: average export price for 1-grade wheat on the exchange market to total 310 USD/t - 03.11.2010

During the period of October 25-29, 2010, the weighted average price of export contracts for 1-grade soft wheat of the new harvest on the terms of SPOT on the exchange markets of Ukraine totaled 310 USD/t, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Sugar hits 29-year high, and may have more to gain - 03.11.2010

The prospect of a poor finish to Brazil's sugar season could drive prices of the sweetener higher still, even after they hit a 30-year high on Tuesday, Societe Generale has said. Ukraine may lift export quotas to sell grain to 12 countries: government - 03.11.2010

Ukraine's Economy Ministry has proposed to lift quotas for grain exports to deliver grain to Russia, nine other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, Georgia and Macedonia, "as Ukraine is under free trade agreements with those countries," local press reported Tuesday. 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