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Odessa port launches grain handling facility - 20.08.2010

The new grain cargo transshipment complex started operating on the territory of state-owned Odessa Commercial Sea Port (OCSP, Ukraine), the Port Authority press release said. The handling facility was commissioned a day before, at a ceremony attended by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine Oleg Bondar. Ministry of Economy vows positive trade balance at USD 300mn - 20.08.2010

The Ministry of Economy predicts a positive trade balance of USD 300 million by the end of the year, Deputy Minister of Economy Valeriy Muntiyan told reporters on Thursday. Ukraine. MHP: Unaudited Financial Results for the Second Quarter and Six Months Ended 30 June 2010 - 19.08.2010

MHP S.A. ("MHP" or the "Company", LSE ticker: "MHPC"), one of the leading agro-industrial companies in Ukraine, focusing on the production of poultry and the cultivation of grain, today announces its unaudited results for the second quarter and the six months ended 30 June 2010. Ukraine ready to support free trade zone in Belarus - 19.08.2010

Ukraine is not going to join the Customs Union, but it is ready to support the formation of the free trade zone in Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Belarus Roman Bezsmertny told a press conference on 18 August. Sugar still freely traded between Belarus and Ukraine - 19.08.2010

If the previous intergovernmental agreements between Belarus and Ukraine stay in place, Ukraine will not apply any sanctions to Belarusian sugar and sugar will not be removed from free trade procedures. The statement was made by Roman Bezsmertny, Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus, at a press conference on 18 August. Ukraine. GDP Up By 6% In Q2 - 19.08.2010

According to the preliminary data of the State Statistics Committee, in April-June 2010, the gross domestic product increased by 6%, compared to the same period of 2009, the State Statistics Committee has reported. Russia may have to import 5m tons of grain in 2010-2011 - 19.08.2010

Russia may have to import more than 5 million tons of grain in 2010-2011, Russian business daily Vedomosti quoted a source close to the Agriculture Ministry as saying on Thursday. Ukraine: Nibulon to be the only terminal accepting grains - 18.08.2010

To date, the Agricultural Limited Liability Company Nibulon terminal is the only terminal, which continues grain accepting from Ukrianian agrarians. According to the press-service of the company, as of August 17, the terminal has a traffic block of 1 thsd trucks with grain. Russia’s foreign trade turnover in H1 up 41.5%, to $293.9bn - 18.08.2010

Foreign trade turnover of Russia, according to the Bank of Russia totaled in the first half of this year $293.9 billion, or 41,5% up from H1, 2009. Exports jumped 51.4% to $189.8 billion, imports increased by 26.4% to $104.2 billion. Ukraine to consider grain export quotas next week - 18.08.2010

The government has postponed till the next meeting, August 25, the consideration of the imposition of quotas on grain exports, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Serhiy Melnyk told reporters on Wednesday Ukraine to limit grain exports due to drought: official - 18.08.2010

Ukraine is impose a cap on wheat and barley exports until the end of the year due a severe drought, officials said on Tuesday, after a full ban by Russia triggered concern on global grain supplies. 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