Raw Materials + Commodities

Moscow / RU. (ami) The Government of the Russian Federation will possibly examine the issue of cancellation of the export ban of grains from Russia after the end of the harvesting campaign in 2011, declared Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

Kiev / UA. (ami) A lot of exporters of Ukrainian wheat flour continued noticing that the Customs Authorities still refuse to draw the necessary documents for permission of flour exports without the necessary realization of the special expertise of flour products.

Moscow / RU. (ami) According to the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation the agiotage, which appeared after the unheard droughts in many Russian regions, is the speculation only. Russia will completely satisfy the domestic demands with 2009 grains stocks.

Kiev / UA. (ami) The Agrarian Fund of Ukraine stopped grain purchasing activity, declared Viktor Slauta, the Vice Prime-Minister on agrarian issues. According to him, the Fund stopped purchases due to the high prices on the market of grains.

Kiev / UA. (ami) As of August 27, the average weighted purchasing price for 3-grade wheat in Ukraine totalled 1'472 UAH/ton, an increase of 41 percent compared to the price index of the same date 2009, and completely corresponded to the previous week indices.

Kiev / UA. (ami) The President of Ukrainian Grain Association said that as of to date Ukraine completely harvested barley and wheat sowings, crop volumes are sufficient and there is the possibility to export nearly ten million tonnes of the reporting grains.

Kiev / UA. (ami) The Government of Ukraine will not impose grain export quotas in the nearest future, as it was planned earlier, announced the Vice Prime-Minister of Ukraine on August 27.

Kiev / UA. (ami) Several large-scale operators of the grain market in Ukraine said that Ukrainian Customs Service artificially blocked exports of flour from the country.

Moscow / RU. (ami) According to preliminary results of the polling of APK-Inform Agency, most of agricultural producers of the suffered from the droughts regions of the Russian Federation will leave the major part of harvest volumes for own requirements.

Kiev / UA. (ami) The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will not examine the possibility of imposition of quotas for exports of grains in the nearest future, declared Nikolay Prysiaghniuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, on August 25.