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Melnyk: some chemical plants sell fertilizers to agrarians at overrated prices
02.04.2007 16:22 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Agro Perspective (Kyiv) Ministry of Agrarian Policy affirms that a number of country chemical plants don’t keep to conditions of Memorandum on Coordinated Activity between Chemical Companies and Agricultural Producers to Provide Agrarians with Mineral Fertilizers in 2007, signed between chemical plants/Government, reported Yuriy Melnyk, Minister of Agrarian Policy, within all-Ukrainian springtime field works selector meeting.
«We don’t understand attitude of OJSC Azot (c. Cherkassy), Concern Stirol as well as some other chemical companies which periodically raise mineral fertilizers sale prices by UAH100150 per MT, thus unreasonably violating Memorandum provisions,» declared Minister.
Melnyk said though presently mineral fertilizers purchases activity is up in all Ukrainian regions, Ministry of Agrarian Policy has, however, reproaches to regions which haven’t fulfilled mineral fertilizers purchases plan so far (e.g. Zaporizhia, Ternopil, Rivne and some other regions wherein agricultural companies are provided only with 3040% total necessary mineral fertilizers, down against Ukrainian average 70%).
As to Agro Perspective earlier report, Memorandum stipulated domestically produced mineral fertilizers ceiling prices acceptable for producers/consumers. Thus, as to Memorandum, this year carbamide ceiling purchase price for domestic agricultural producers shouldn’t exceed UAH1,350 per MT (down against UAH1,363 per MT export sale price), saltpeter ammoniac UAH1,150 per MT (UAH1,010 per MT), nitrate-ammonia-phosphorus UAH1,300 per MT (UAH1,300 per MT), superphosphate UAH625,0 per MT (UAH625,0 per MT), ammophos UAH1,800 per MT (current ammophos export sale price is as high as global).
As to Agro Perspective, within Dec 2006 Ministry of Agrarian Policy/Ministry of Industrial Policy had elaborated/approved 716,840 MT (in terms of nutritive substances) mineral fertilizers shipments schedule in order to create 2007 springtime field works mineral fertilizers reserves/assure country agricultural producers agrochemicals supply.
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