Ukraine and the world will have bread and meat? Have the logistics problem been solved? Or why in August it is critically important for Ukraine to free the south and unblock the ports. 

Transaction data for PrivatBank's corporate clients:

Among the main problems stand out two:

High hog slaughter levels at the start of 2022 bode well for a new record in hog production this year.

According to news agency APK-Inform this week in most regions of the country downward price dynamics in the sector of food wheat resumed.

This decision of the European Council is not only about supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia, but also about the European colleagues' assessment of our reforms on the way to EU standards. This was stated by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov.

Ukraine has overcome the long way of transformation into European country with free market economy, developed democracy and respect for human rights and freedoms. This was stated by Prime Minister Denis Schmigal, commenting on the decision of the European Council to grant Ukraine candidate status for EU membership.

On July 1, Bill No. 7418 on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and other legislative acts of Ukraine on the revision of certain tax exemptions enters into force.

According to data from the European Commission, Germany’s finished pig slaughter during the first two months of 2022 fell by 9% (790,000 head) year-on-year to 7.9 million head. This meant that overall production fell by 11% to 755,000 tonnes. Declines in the breeding herd, and indeed the entire pig population have constrained production, This is forecast to continue for the rest of the year due to ASF, and because of poor profitability in the sector.

In recent years, Ukraine has been implementing a national food quality and safety control system equivalent to the European Union system, which is based on the important principle of ensuring control "from field to table". Much has also been done to adapt the Ukrainian legislation to the EU regulations in the framework of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.

In China, the mood on the slaughter pig market has brightened slightly, because the slaughter pig prices have risen by around 43% compared to March and are therefore again above the break even point despite higher feed costs.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Foodstuffs of Ukraine is putting maximum efforts and attention on the adjustment of the logistics of agricultural exports. The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky told about the decisions and changes that the agro-industrial complex has undergone since the war.

That is stated in the analysis "An Overview of Indirect Losses from the War in Ukrainian Agriculture" prepared by the team of the Center for Food and Land Management Research of the KSE Institute jointly with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

This week, the increase in the average price in the market of pigs slaughter conditions was 0.7%, compared to 4% a week earlier. The slowdown in the growth rate of purchase prices was recorded by analysts of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

April pork exports were well below the large totals posted a year ago.

Pig prices advanced in Spain (+ 2 ₵) and Belgium (+ 4 ₵) over the last week, while the rest of the EU market is close to the level of 1.80 € / kg, given by the German benchmark. 

The first program introduces micro grants of up to 250 thousand UAH for each Ukrainian who wants to start his or her first business or develop an existing one.

Possible corn shipments from Brazil to China could reshape the world grain market.

For the past few months, the market has been spreading the thesis that prices for grains, oilseeds and processed products have more than halved through blocked exports. Such theses, on the one hand, are met with reproaches about the super profits of domestic pork farms and, on the other hand, with fears of a sharp rise in domestic prices to the level of world prices after the opening of the ports. The Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine has analyzed how well grounded these hypotheses are.