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Home / Bioethanol / News Biofuels newsUkraine to not reduce prices for new crop wheat after the harvesting campaignUkraine will not suddenly decrease prices for new crop wheat after the finishing of the harvesting campaign, declared Nikholay Dzubinskiy, the head of the department of agro industrial production of the Main department of agro industrial development of Lugansk oblast state administration, according to www.agrimarket.info. 30 June 2009 Ukraine: Biofuel Producers Enjoy Tax BenefitsThe President of Ukraine signed into law provisions giving significant tax benefits for a biofuel industry in Ukraine. The law is aimed at stimulating biofuel production and consumption in Ukraine, intending to increase the share of energy produced from alternative (renewable) sources up to 20% by 2020. 26 June 2009 Êîììåíòàðèè: 3 Itar-Tass Russia and CIS news summary for Saturday, SundayPresident Dmitry Medvedev said the development of bio energy should not lead to a shortage of food grain in the world. "I would like to state my position clearly in respect to a sharp growth of grain prices due to the production of bioethanol," the president said, speaking at the opening of the World Grain Forum in St. Petersburg on Saturday. 9 June 2009 Corn and Manioc Starch Duties IncreasedStarting May 22, 2009 through February 22, 2010, the minimum import tariff on non-modified corn and manioc starches will increase from 0.06 Euro per 1 kg to 0.15 Euro per 1 kg. In 2008 Russia's corn and manioc starch imports were 53,900 metric tons. The new duties might disrupt these imports, as the price of imported corn and manioc starches might increase by 10-35 percent in Euro. Given the recent devaluation of Ruble, price of these starches in the Russian market in Rubles might increase by 30-59 percent. The duties will protect domestic starch producers at the expense of confectionary and other food processing industries. 30 April 2009 Russian Federation SUGAR ANNUAL
Russian sugar beet production increased 3.6 percent to 29 MMT in MY 2009 even though total acreage planted dropped slightly. This was due mostly to higher sugar content in beets, adoption of better technologies, wider use of inputs, and perfect weather conditions. Refined sugar production in MY 2009 will reach 3.48 MMT, up 8.75 percent from MY 2007 but is expected to drop slightly in MY 2010. Russian imports of raw sugar decreased 11.3 percent in MY 2008 over the previous year with Brazil providing 89 percent of total supply. The Ministry of Agriculture has proposed a new support program for sugar from 2010-2012. The draft program envisions raising the percentage of grain sugar made from domestic sugar beets from 55 percent in 2006 to 67 percent by 2012. 30 April 2009 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Government Grain Policy and Procurement Prices in MY 2009According to Russia's Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik, grain intervention (procurement) prices for MY 2009 will not change from the current level: 5,500 rubles per metric ton (R/MT) for Class 3 wheat and 4,900 R/MT for Class 4 wheat in European Russia, and 6,000 R/MT of Class 3 wheat and 4,800 R/MT for Class 4 wheat in Ural, Siberia and the Russian Far East. The Ministry of Agriculture can correct prices at any time throughout the year. Federal funds for these interventions are set at 20 billion rubles. Along with continued grain procurement, the government will increase its role in the grain market through the State United Grain Company, control over inputs supply prices, and through grain exports on terms of aid and within inter-government tight contracts 30 April 2009 Europe could become strategic biofuel market for RussiaEurope may become a strategic market for biofuels for Russia, with an expected total volume of about 40 million tons annually, the CEO of the Biotechnology Corporation said Friday. 17 April 2009 Kazakhstan's biofuels industry gets ready to strike backIt almost looks like a post-mortem of the 1970s: oil and gas available in such quantities and at such low prices that incentives for energy saving and for alternative resources remain in the reclusive domain of ecology-driven idealists.There is one main difference between oversupply a quarter of a century ago and slackening demand today - it leaves those who have invested in biofuel, commodity supply of which could have changed the world map of energy providers, with low expectations concerning fuel market shares. Yet, producers are not giving up - including newcomers on the scene, one of whom is Kazakhstan. 8 April 2009 Ukraine grain and feed anual report 2009Grain and pulse production is expected to decrease by more than 20% in 2009 compared to the record crop of 2008. Global financial turmoil hit the Ukrainian economy and its banking sector hard, and the following credit crunch may result in decreased input application, possibly lowering crop yields and grain quality. The bumper crop and substantial carryover stocks resulted in record export sales in the 2008/09 marketing year, promoting Ukraine to the list of top grain exporters. Grain exports are expected to slow down in the 2009/10 marketing year, but to remain on above average levels, particularly due to increased carry-over stocks. 31 March 2009 Êîììåíòàðèè: 2 Russia's New Agriculture MinisterRussian President Dmitriy Medvedev appointed Elana Skrynnik as the Minister of Agriculture on March 12, 2009, succeeding Aleksey Gordeyev who took over as Governor of Voronezh after serving for 10 years as Minister of Agriculture. 20 March 2009 Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011 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 
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