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Home / Bioethanol / News Biofuels newsUkraine Trade Policy Monitoring Annual Report 2008Ukraine finalized WTO accession negotiations and concluded the Working Party report in early 2008, but has not yet adopted (at the time this report was drafted) the final accession package. U.S. exporters will continue to face the same non-transparent import regime until the WTO accession package is adopted and implemented. The vast majority of sub-legislative regulations have not been brought into compliance with WTO norms, standards and practices. Import duties are still prohibitive for many sensitive agricultural products, including meat products. Some support programs will likely not be brought into compliance with Ukraine's WTO commitment until the end of 2008. When the government of Ukraine (GOU) moves to finalize and implement the WTO accession package, many polices in this report will change. 21 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Russia plans to launch wheat futures April 9The Russian National Mercantile Exchange (NAMEX) plans the long-awaited launch of wheat futures on April 9 as domestic grain prices trade at record highs, the director of the exchange said on Monday.NAMEX Director Sergei Naumov told Reuters he expected at least 15 companies, both Russian and international, to participate when the first contracts are launched next month. 17 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Agro-industrial sector should embrace biofuels – ZubkovIt is expedient to implement programs to explore alternative types of energy and to reduce the dependence of agriculture on traditional fuels, including gas, Zubkov said at the St. Petersburg State Agriculture University. «Lets produce biofuels,» the Russian Prime Minister said. 17 March 2008 Lipetsk Region to Launch Biofuel ProductionThe region also intends to build a plant for processing maize into bioethanol, the region's deputy governor Nikolai Tagintsev said. 17 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Russia announces plans to boost biofuel productionThe Russian government plans to launch a program aimed at producing up to 2 million metric tons of biofuel this year, the prime minister Viktor Zubkov said on Wednesday. 12 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Biofuel plant to be built in Tambov RegionThe former deputy chairman of the Gazprom board, Alexander Ryazanov, has decided to build a biofuel plant for exporting fuel to Europe and the United States as it is unprofitable to sell biofuel in Russia. The cost of the project is 220 million euros. 12 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 International Grain Council expects record high wheat crop in 2008«Most major producers expect larger wheat crops in 2008 as high prices prompt increased plantings. Production is forecast at a record 646 ml tons, 42 ml tons more than in 2007. Weather conditions in winter wheat areas in the EU and the CIS remain favorable but in the US a lack of rain in the southern Plains is causing concern, and severe frosts may have damaged China's crop. Spring wheat areas in North America need more rain,» IGC said in its monthly report. 9 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Titan Presented Project "Biocomplex" in KrasnoyarskThe Omsk region presented the «Biocomplex» project of the «Group of companies „Titan“. The project assumes creation of the complex of hi-tech manufactures in region using deep processing of agricultural raw material, including production of bioethanol. 7 March 2008 Bush Says US Must 'Get Off Oil 'President Bush says America's search for alternative sources of fuel is a national security priority as well as an economic necessity. 5 March 2008 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 202122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 
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