Cabinet/food companies signed bread, meat, milk, butter prices stabilization memorandum

08.04.2008 14:24 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — As to Ministry of Economics press-service Apr 4 report, Cabinet and food producers/sellers have signed memorandum on prices stabilization for flour, bread/bakery products, macaroni products, groats, rice, beef, pork, chicken, boiled sausage, milk, fermented milk products, sunoil, butter, hen eggs and sugar.

Memorandum was signed by Associations Ukroliyaprom, Union of Poultry Breeders of Ukraine, Ukrmiaso, Ukrtsukor, Ukrmolprom and Union of Dairy Companies of Ukraine.

Food producers which signed memorandum were Bunge, Kernel Group, Pologhivskiy Oil Extraction Plant, Astarta-Kyiv, Dakor, Ukrros, Kompleks Agromars, Myronivskiy Khliboprodukt, Corporation Tvarynprom, Bakhmutskiy Agrarian Union, Granum and Agropromyslova Kompaniya.

Retail sale network companies which concluded memorandum were National Association of Trade and Service Development, Fozzy Group, Furshet, Velyka Kyshenia, Metro Cash & Carry Ukraine, Eco-Market, O'key and Billa.

On part of Cabinet, memorandum was signed by Minister of Agrarian Policy Yuriy Melnyk, Minister of Economics Bogdan Danilishyn as well as Chairmen of State Committee for Material Reserves (State Reserve) and Agrarian Fund.

As to Agro Perspective earlier report, Cabinet/sugar producers had signed memorandum on establishing UAH3,200 per MT sugar maximal wholesale price (incl. VAT) until Sept 1, 2008.

23.07.2008
	17:59	Jul 1 grain storage companies oats reserves totaled 6,301 MT
	17:29	Within 2008 first half agrarians lowered sunseeds sales to 286,091 MT, down 59.8%
	16:28	Within 2008 first half agrarians shortened sugar beet sales to 4,462.000 MT, down 29.2%
	08:47	Jun pigs number up 1.3%, to 6.762 mn heads
22.07.2008
	17:47	Jun cattle number down 0.5%, to 6.053 mn heads
	16:47	Within 2008 first half agrarians sold sunseeds at average UAH3,573.9 per MT
	15:32	Within 2008 first half agrarians sold sugar beet at average UAH202,6 per MT
	14:42	Agrarians 2008 first half barley sales averaged UAH1,105.1 per MT
21.07.2008
	17:02	As of Jul 1, brewing barley reserves on grain storage companies totaled 136,869 MT
	15:51	Jul 1 grain storage companies buckwheat reserves totaled 19,135 MT
	14:51	Jul 1 grain storage companies maize reserves were 595,880 MT
	13:51	Jul 1 grain storage companies millet reserves were 1,228 MT
	12:51	Jul 1 grain storage companies rice reserves totaled 4,967 MT
18.07.2008
	17:45	Within 2008 first half agrarians lifted rye sales by 49.1%, to 24,879 MT
	16:50	Agrarians 2008 first half barley sales down 14.3%, to 519,645 MT
	15:44	Agrarians 2008 first half rye sales averaged UAH1,011 per MT
	14:55	Agrarians put into storage 0.6 mn MT 2008 crop rape
	13:40	Agrarians put into storage 1.9 mn MT 2008 crop early grains
	12:43	Jul 1 grain storage companies rye reserves totaled 49,749 MT
	11:43	Jul 1 wheat reserves totaled 2.692 mn MT
	09:58	Jul 1 grains reserves totaled 5.398 mn MT
	08:38	Within 2008 first half agrarians hoisted grains sales to 3.479 mn MT, up 31.3%
17.07.2008
	17:57	Agrarians 2008 first half wheat sales up 25.3%, to 1.395 mn MT
	16:57	Within 2008 first half agrarians sold grains at average UAH1,093 per MT
	15:57	2008 first half agrarians wheat sales averaged UAH1,051 per MT
	14:57	Jan-Jun 2008 agricultural products export surplus boosted to US$0.9 milliard
	13:56	Ministry of Agrarian Policy forecasts Jul 2008 grains export will reach 1.5 mn MT
	09:28	Ukraine faces low quality meat import
	08:27	Minister of Agrarian Policy forecasts this year grains crop will be over 40.4 mn MT
16.07.2008
	17:57	Minister assures Kyiv has enough flour
	17:16	Melnyk: Government has made all possible to curb food inflation
	16:26	Kyiv City Council will allocate UAH36.7 mn to Kyivmlyn and Kyivkhlib
	12:45	Khlib Kyieva to stop supplying bread to be sold beyond capital
	11:44	Tymoshenko forecasts Jul 0.4% deflation
	10:44	Ministry of Agrarian Policy worried about low quality meat products import
	09:44	Ukrainian frozen seafood will become more expensive
	09:23	Agrarians harvested 6.5 mn MT grains
	08:03	Jun rice prices up 2.8-42.9%, to UAH6,11-9,79 per kg in all regions
15.07.2008
	17:42	17 regions Jun butter prices down 0.3-13.5%, to UAH20,03-25,57 per kg
	16:42	8 regions Jun macaroni products prices up 0.5-2.1%, to UAH3,71-5,24 per kg
	15:42	1 grade flour bread Jun prices up 1.3-22.6%, to UAH2,93-3,42 per kg in 5 regions
	14:41	Tymoshenko: poultry meat prices issue needs President interference
14.07.2008
	10:52	23 regions Jun sugar prices down 0.9-12.6%, to UAH3,38-4,07 per kg
	09:51	20 regions Jun milk prices down 0.4-13%, to UAH2,44-4,25 per liter
	08:31	5 regions Jun vegetable oil prices up 0.6-11.6%, to UAH9,8-12,64 per liter
11.07.2008
	17:50	2 regions Jun cheese prices up 0.4-1.0%, to UAH20,05-23,63 per kg
	16:50	Danilishyn: Ukraine to reach inflation decline not later 2010
	15:42	Jun pork prices up 0.3-5.3%, to UAH32,25-44,12 per kg on 7 regions markets
	14:41	19 regions Jun poultry meat prices up 0.2-13%, to UAH17,02-20,9 per kg
	13:31	10 regions Jun beef prices up 0.2-4.2%, to UAH27,2-45,43 per kg

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