Ukraine has approved a limit of wheat exports for this marketing year (hereinafter – the MY (from July 2019 to June 2020). This limit amounts to 20 million tons. According to the press-service of the European Business Association, this volume meets the requirements of the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine and grain exporters, signed on October 3, 2019.
Read MoreExports of Ukrainian fruit and vegetables to Asian and European countries faces problems because the spread of coronavirus caused transportation problems. According to the report of Ukrainian Horticultural Association (UHA), some exporters has already noticed problems with sales because Italy, Norway, Spain, Kuwait and some other important apples importers closed their ports and a lot of apples are “stuck” there.
Read MoreTaras Kachka, the Deputy Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture and the trade representative of Ukraine during an online-conference of UCAB (Ukrainian Club of Agricultural Business) has reported that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will not restrict exports of cereal crops, sunflower oil, poultry meat and some other goods, in exports of which Ukraine is the leader, during the quarantine.
Read MoreDenys Shmyhal, the Prime-Minister of Ukraine, wrote in his Telegram-channel that the Government voted for the decision to ban exports of ethyl alcohol till June 1, 2020. He wrote that the Government has decided to ban exports of ethyl alcohol from the territory of Ukraine by June 1.
Read MoreUkrainian agricultural companies continue exports of cereal crops during the quarantine. From the beginning of 2019-2020 marketing year (hereinafter – MY, July 2019 – June 2020) Ukraine has exported 44,19 million tons of grain and this is 7,9 million tons more in comparison with the same period of the previous year. This data has been provided by the Department of Agriculture of the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine.
Read MoreAccording to the information-analytical web portal “AIC of Ukraine” (Agro-Industrial Complex of Ukraine) from the beginning of 2019/2020 marketing year (hereinafter – MY) to March 11, 2020, Ukraine has exported 42,32 million tons of grain and legumes and this is 24,5% more in comparison with the same period of the previous MY. This information was prepared on the basis of data provided by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine.
Read MoreTaras Kachka, the Deputy Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture has shared the information about top-10 mostly exported in 2019 Ukrainian products. To these products mainly belong raw materials and semi-finished goods. According to the data provided by the Ministry, corn is on the 1st place. 32 million tons of this product were sold abroad and this cost 5,2 billion USD. The majority of corn was exported to the European Union, China and Egypt.
Read MoreMykola Tochytskyi, the representative of Ukraine to the EU reported on his Facebook page that the EU had removed the ban on imports and transit of Ukrainian poultry products on the territory of the EU.
He wrote that the European Commission had published a decision on removal of the ban on imports and transit of Ukrainian poultry products on the territory of the EU. The decision was a result of consolidated work with the European Commission.
Read MoreThe press service of Ukrainian State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection informs that Iraq has removed restrictions on Ukrainian poultry meat exports, which were caused by avian influenza outbreak.
It was also mentioned that the European Commission had decided to add Ukraine to the list of countries, to which zoning principles during the avian flu outbreak must be applied. This decision came into force on March 7, 2020.
Read MoreOn March 17 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the law № 3220 on support of Ukrainian entrepreneurs during the quarantine.
Briefly about the main ideas of the Law:
Starting from March 1 to April 30:
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