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Ukraine to export nearly 20 mln tons of grains and legumes in 2009/10 MY

2009-04-21T13:40:00.000+01:00

In the current MY, the agrarian sector of Ukraine faced the serious problems in the terms of the world and regional financial and economic crisis, but despite several objective and subjective reasons, the sector continues to show rather positive dynamics. Winter crops sowing area for crop-2009 (wheat, barley, rapeseed, rye) totaled 8.25 mln ha, up 3.5% compared to the previous year results.
The current sowing campaign also demonstrated an essential rise of sowing rates compared to the previous year – as of April 17, agrarians sowed spring grains and legumes throughout 4.6 mln ha, an increase of 300 thsd ha compared to the same date of 2008. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine plans that spring sowing areas in 2009 will total 7.7 mln ha, up 200 thsd ha compared to 2008.
Actually, Ukraine is one of the traditional grain producers, which does not reduce agricultural products output in the terms of the world recession processes, and even increases them, in 2009/10 MY the country will be able to offer to importers nearly 20 mln tons of grains and legumes.

The EU-27 the major participants of the world grain

2008-05-30T09:34:00.001+01:00

The EU-27 is considered as one of the major participants of the world grain market. In the current MY, the European Union produced 312 mln tons of grains, and plans to export over 26 mln tons, including 19.5 mln tons of wheat, according to the data of the USDA. At the same time, the EU still remains one of the traditional consumers of Ukrainian grains. In the current MY (July-February), the markets of the European Union countries imported 3.71 mln tons of Ukrainian grains, including 3 mln tons of wheat, which totals nearly 50% (from the forecasted volumes of the USDA) of wheat imports to the EU. Thus, the EU simultaneously represents towards Ukraine both as a stable consumer and a competitor-supplier of grains.

Russia: ports storage and transshipment capacity

2006-06-30T10:14:00.000+01:00

Russia: ports storage and transshipment capacity

Azov Port

Among main kind of agricultural cargoes there are feed and milling wheat. Loading to vessel with dead weight to 5.000 tonnes is carried out from 6 berths, length of each is 100 meters, and depth is 4-6 meters. Grain is mostly delivered to the port by motor transport, then it is unloaded to bunkers and after that is loaded to vessels by grapple with capacity of 1.200-1.500 tonnes per day. While delivering by railway transport capacity of loading reaches 3.000 tonnes per day. Azov port has also elevator with possibility of simultaneous storage of 14.000 tonnes of grains. Annul capacity of trans-shipment is 380.000 tonnes.

Yeysk port

In November 2004 the first line of complexes for trans-shipment of bulk food cargoes was put into operations in "Yeysk sea port". Complex is designed for export-import trans-shipment of different liquid food cargoes - syrup, vegetable oils, wine stuff etc. capacity of the complex while loading the vessel is to 1.500 tonnes per day; total capacity is 7.000 cubic meters (2 tanks by 3.500 cubic meters). Capacities of the complex presume simultaneous loading/unloading of 5 railway tankers, 7 trucks and 1 vessel at one of two neighboring berths. Trans-shipment complex is equipped with system of heating the cargo in railway tankers before unloading and heating the cargo in tankers before loading….