Ukraine’s grain exports have fallen 43.2 percent year on year since the start of the 2022-2023 season to 6.88 million tons, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The country’s grain exports plummeted after the war broke out in February due to the closure of its ports on the …
Read More »Ukraine’s grain exports have fallen 46% since the start of the 2022/23 season
On Monday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture said that Ukraine’s grain exports fell 45.6 percent year on year in the 2022/23 season to 6.364 million tons. Ukraine’s grain exports have fallen since the start of the war because its ports on the Black Sea, a major shipping route, have been …
Read More »Ukraine’s main food exports have almost halved since the start of the war
Data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture showed that exports of the country’s main agricultural commodities have almost halved since the start of the Russian invasion compared to the same period in 2021. Russia began its attack on Ukraine on February 24, calling it a “special military operation”. As a …
Read More »Ukrainian agricultural exports may rise to 4 million tons in August
Ukraine’s agricultural exports are likely to rise to around 4 million tons in August from 3 million tons in July, thanks to a U.N.-brokered deal to lift the blockade of Ukrainian seaports, the deputy head of Ukraine’s agricultural council said on Monday. In televised comments, Denis Marchuk, whose council represents …
Read More »Could NFP Data Impact Gold’s rally?
Gold breached the coveted $1,800 per ounce on Thursday on accelerated geopolitical tensions between China and the United States. But Friday’s employment report could disrupt gold’s momentum, according to analysts. December gold futures rose $33 on Thursday, touching a daily high of $1,812. At the time of writing, gold trades …
Read More »Russia: Committed to the goals of OPEC+
The Russian government said in a statement on Friday that it and Saudi Arabia remain firmly committed to the goals of the OPEC+ agreement to maintain market stability and balance supply and demand in global oil markets. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak met with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz …
Read More »Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: The grain agreement may collapse
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said a Turkish-brokered agreement allowing the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports from ports on the Black Sea could collapse if obstacles to Russian agricultural exports are not removed immediately. The Interfax news agency quoted Rudenko as saying that grain shipments from Ukraine would begin …
Read More »Ukraine is working to resume grain exports, Russia is bombing targets in the east
Ukraine on Monday continued efforts to restart grain exports through Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing the global food shortage crisis, but said the weekend bombing of Odessa port by Russian forces posed a threat to shipments. As the war entered its sixth month, the Ukrainian military …
Read More »Ukraine is discussing with major institutions ways to reduce debt payments
The Ukrainian Government Commissioner for Public Debt Management, Yuri Potsa, said Thursday, July 21, that Kyiv is talking to major international financial institutions about ways to reduce debt payments soon. The comments came a day after Ukraine demanded its international creditors, including Western powers and the world’s largest investment firms, …
Read More »Ukraine devalues its currency by 25% against USD
Ukraine’s central bank has devalued the country’s hryvnia currency by 25% against the US dollar to help the country deal with the growing economic impact of the war with Russia. The Central Bank of Ukraine said in a statement that it set the new hryvnia rate at 36.5686 to the …
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