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New Russian wheat tax puts exporters, traders on edge

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 29, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia approved the launch of a new wheat export tax from July 1, which traders say could threaten profits on advance contracts for the new crop if the rouble weakens in coming months. Russia’s government said Friday that the new tax was intended to stop exports surging if the rouble drops […] Read more

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Russian ag ministry proposes new wheat export duty formula

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 26, 2015

Donskoy | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it had finalized the methodology for the calculation of a wheat export duty that will be introduced from July 1. It has proposed exporters pay a duty of one rouble per tonne on wheat priced up to 11,000 roubles (C$268) per tonne on a free-on-board […] Read more

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Russian wheat prices follow global benchmarks higher

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 25, 2015

Tikhoretsk | Reuters — Russian wheat export prices rose last week following an increase in global benchmarks and concerns over dry and hot weather in the European part of Russia, analysts said. Russia, one of the world’s big wheat exporters, competes with other global suppliers, including France, where Western European wheat prices hit the highest […] Read more

Greek olives on display in a market in Athens. (CIA.gov)

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Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia may allow around 20 firms from Hungary, Cyprus and Greece to return to its market after it orders the lifting of an embargo on food imports from the European Union, Interfax news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Tuesday. Russia banned foods from the 28-nation EU last year […] Read more

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Russia lifts wheat export duty, exports seen rising

By GFM Network News May 15, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — Russia lifted its duty on wheat exports on Friday to help domestic producers and the government said the move would boost overseas sales by one million tonnes. One of the world’s major wheat exporters, Russia initially imposed the tax from Feb. 1 until June 30 to dampen rising domestic prices and […] Read more

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Russian wheat price may rise when tax removed

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 30, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — Russian wheat prices may rise in coming weeks when the government removes an export tax, set earlier this year to cool food inflation, SovEcon agriculture analysts said Thursday. Russia will take a decision by mid-May on removing the tax ahead of schedule and will set up a new mechanism in case […] Read more

Agronomist Mike Lee trekked 5,000 km through Ukraine and Russia over 12 days to evaluate crop conditions and get a sense of economic pressures farmers face in the region. (Photo courtesy Mike Lee)

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Crop tour in Russia, Ukraine finds mid-sized farms under pressure

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News April 30, 2015

Conflict in Ukraine has left the country’s farmers in a tight spot, as they’ve told agronomist Mike Lee. Lee, who grew up in the U.K. but has managed large farms in Ukraine and worked in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, traveled 5,000 km through Ukraine and Russia in late March, evaluating winter crops and talking to farmers. […] Read more

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (l) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (Government.ru)

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Russia looks set to extend import ban on Western food

By GFM Network News April 30, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia looks likely to extend a ban on Western food imports beyond an Aug. 7 deadline, with a lack of incentive to lift its embargo due to the prospect of extended European sanctions. With President Vladimir Putin supporting moves to boost Russia’s “food security,” officials have promised to invest more in […] Read more

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Russia’s ag ministry proposes to cancel wheat export tax

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 17, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed to the government to cancel a tax on wheat exports from July 1 when the 2015-16 marketing year starts, a source at the ministry told Reuters. Russia imposed the duty on wheat exports between Feb. 1 and June 30 in an effort to cool domestic food […] Read more

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Russia may consider lifting food ban from Greece, Hungary, Cyprus

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 7, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — The Russian government could consider removing Greece, Hungary and Cyprus from its ban on most Western food imports, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov was quoted as saying Tuesday. Russia’s ban, which should run until early August, was imposed in retaliation to Western sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine […] Read more

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New Russian wheat tax puts exporters, traders on edge

Russian ag ministry proposes new wheat export duty formula

Russian wheat prices follow global benchmarks higher

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

Russia lifts wheat export duty, exports seen rising

Russian wheat price may rise when tax removed

Crop tour in Russia, Ukraine finds mid-sized farms under pressure

Russia looks set to extend import ban on Western food

Russia’s ag ministry proposes to cancel wheat export tax

Russia may consider lifting food ban from Greece, Hungary, Cyprus

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