Ministry of Agrarian Policy to spread prices State regulation over meat, milk and butter

08.04.2008 17:15 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — As to draft Law “About State Support of Agriculture of Ukraine” (published on Ministry of Agrarian Policy official website), Ministry of Agrarian Policy has proposed Cabinet to extend prices State regulation over meat, slaughter animals by-products, milk powder, butter, rye flour, buckwheat, peas and millet.

As to draft Law, minimal or maximal interventional prices should be fixed for each food article subject to prices State regulation. Draft Law puts forward new method of minimal/ maximal interventional prices determining: thus, minimal prices will be calculated on basis of food article branch average normative expenses, income minimal level and internal/external markets conjuncture, while maximal prices will be calculated on basis of consumption/producers prices (for corresponding time period) and internal/external markets conjuncture.

Draft Law says minimal purchase price of certain food article subject to prices State regulation can’t be changed within fixed time period save for cases of internal/external markets conjuncture significant alteration; minimal purchase price can be changed only with Cabinet decision.

As of now, currently efficient Law “About State Support of Agriculture of Ukraine” stipulates prices State regulation for wheat, mesline, rye, barley, oats, maize, flour (wheat, mesline), soybeans, flax (rape) seeds, sunseeds and hop cones.

As to Agro Perspective earlier report, Cabinet had established prices State regulation for wheat, mesline and rye for Jul 01/08-Jun 30/09.

As to Agro Perspective, Cabinet had established prices State regulation for wheat, mesline, rye, sugar (produced from sugar beet), barley and maize for this MY (2007/08).

25.07.2008
	14:48	Within this year first half agrarians improved pigs sales by 7.4%, to 142,014 MT
	12:48	Within 2008 first half agrarians lifted milk/dairy products sales to 905,929 MT, up 1.4%
	11:15	Within 2008 first half agrarians boosted poultry sales to 386,191 MT, up 26.9%
	09:55	2008 first half agrarians sunoil sales down 21.1%, to 4,278 MT
	08:47	Yushchenko believes Ukraine should liberalize grains market
24.07.2008
	15:34	Within 2008 first half agrarians lifted cattle/poultry sales to 653,617 MT, up 10.7%
	14:34	Within this year first half agrarians shortened cattle sales to 122,891 MT, down 18.5%
	13:33	In 2008 first half agrarians sold pigs at average UAH11,797 per MT
	12:33	Agrarians 2008 first half cattle/poultry sales averaged UAH9,573 per MT
	11:33	Agrarians 2008 first half cattle sales averaged UAH8,989 per MT
	09:30	Jun poultry number up 11.6%, to 205.58 mn heads
	08:29	As of Jul 1, leguminous crops reserves on grain storage companies totaled 3,067 MT
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

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