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ASTARTA completes harvesting of corn

Corporate social responsibility: IT education

ASTARTAMONTHLY

Infrustucture network expansion

Four sugar plants of the Group comleted sugar season

Ukraine grain harvest hits record 70 million tonnes

USDA forecasts (December 2018)

Sugar import resumed to Uzbekistan

December 2018

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ASTARTA MONTHLY # 1392

At the beginning of the December new silos of ASTARTA already accepted over 665 thousand tons of grains and oilseeds – namely, corn, wheat, soya and sunflower. At the moment, over 350 thousand tons of grains are being stored.

In 2018 new silos in Poltava region accepeted over 49 thousand tons of grains from the third parties.

Silo network expansion is not just the synergy with the existing business for the Company, but the new working places as well and in rural areas – in particular. At the moment over 250 of employees are involved in the silo business of the Group.

Four sugar plants of the Group already finished the production season. As of today, sugar plants of ASTARTA processed over 2 million tons of sugar beet and produced over 300 thousand tons of sugar.

September 2018. Lutovynivka silo (Poltava region), corn acceptance point

88% of the production – is the sugar of the premium quality. Three sugar plants expectedly are to finish the season at the end of December.

Infrustucture network expansion

Four sugar plants of the Group comleted sugar season

ASTARTA MONTHLY # 1393

ASTARTA in cooperation with the Brain Basket Fund and the leading IT company Miratech continues implementation of the project aimed for the popularization of the IT education in the rural area. At the beginning of December pupils from the three regions of Ukraine (the local communities where ASTARTA is presented) were welcomed to the head office of the Company for the Scrach Hackaton.

Hackaton is the meeting place where different professionals of the IT industry (developers, designers, managers) cooperate to solve the common problems. For two days of the event 14 teams were looking for the solutions of ecology, crop growing, healthy nutrition’s problems by creating of different mobile applications, games and cartoons in the Scratch app.

As of the mid of December, 2018, ASTARTA has sucessfully completed harvesting of corn on the area of over 63 thousand hectares.Yield of the crop recovered to 9,8 tons per hectare comparing with 6,4 tons per hectare a year ago and expected total harvest of corn is estimated at over 600 thousand tons.

ASTARTA completes harvesting of corn

Corporate social responsibility: IT education

ASTARTA MONTHLY # 1394

Ukraine’s grain harvest in 2018 hit a record 70 million tonnes, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a business forum on December 11, 2018. In 2017, Ukraine harvested 61.28 million tonnes, according to the State Statistics Service. That was down 4.7 million tonnes from the 2016 harvest. As of December 7th, 2018, corn harvest was 98% complete, UkrAgroConsult said, despite snow and current weather conditions. For the first time in several years, corn will not remain in the field over winter, it said. Typically, 5% to 10% of corn plantings have remained unharvested until spring, increasing grain losses.

The Ukrsugar national sugar producers association states that Uzbekistan has resumed imports of Ukrainian sugar. In November, Ukrainian producers exported 70,500 tons of sugar, which is by 21% more than in October. In addition to Uzbekistan, a significant share of imports accounted for Azerbaijan and Libya - 14.5% and 7.4% respectively.

World 2018/19 wheat supplies are increased 0.8 million tons to 1013 mln tons due to additional Russian carrying stocks and a larger Canadian crop more than offset a reduction in Australian production. Projected wheat global 2018/19 trade is lower than the November estimation, as reduced Australian, EU, and U.S. exports are partly offset by higher Russian exports, which are increased by 1.5 million tons to 36.5 million. Russia and other Black Sea suppliers continue to displace EU and U.S. exports in several markets in the first half of 2018/19 but are expected to be less competitive in the second half based on reduced exportable supplies. Global wheat ending stocks are raised 1.4 million tons to 268.1 million, primarily on increases for the EU and the United States but are 4 percent lower than last year’s record 279.9 million.

Global 2018/19 oilseed production is forecast up 0.9 million tons to 600.5 million tons, with greater soybean production for Brazil and Nigeria. Brazil’s soybean production is projected up 1.5 million tons to 122 million, reflecting higher yields in the Center-West region where crops have benefitted from favorable weather conditions. Global 2018/19 soybean exports are increased 0.7 million tons to 156.1 million. Soybean exports are increase 4 million tons for Brazil but are lowered for Argentina, Canada, and Paraguay. Larger competitive supplies in Brazil are expected to slow the export pace and increase the stocks held by other exporters, particularly Argentina.

Global coarse grain production for 2018/19 is forecast 0.3 million tons higher to 1,373.6 million tons. The 2018/19 foreign coarse grain outlook is for larger production, and virtually unchanged consumption and ending stocks relative to last month. Foreign corn production is forecasted higher with increases for Ukraine, the EU, and Thailand more than offsetting reductions for South Africa and Canada. EU corn production is higher reflecting a larger forecast for Romania.

Ukraine grain harvest hits record 70 million tonnes

Sugar import resumed to Uzbekistan

USDA forecasts (December 2018)

Source: Ukranews

Source: USDA

Source: Farmingportal