Flour check on the price

Israeli businessmen protested the presence on the Ukrainian market of flour and the prices at which it is sold

Given that Israel has entered the top ten export markets for Ukrainian flour, the possibility of anti-dumping investigation and closure can significantly hit by the domestic companies.

Over the last five months of the Ukrainian market of Israel were imported some 50 tonnes of flour, which in times higher than in previous periods. According to the operators of the local market, the product is cheaper Ukrainian Israeli almost 20%, which puts local businesses at a disadvantage.

In this regard, the Union of Manufacturers of Israel is preparing a complaint to the Ministry of Industry with the requirement to adopt restrictive measures on imports of Ukrainian flour. This is a very serious and difficult business, - told in an interview with Deutsche Welle, Deputy Chairman of Union Meir Bar-El .- Here is clearly seen the existence of dumping, so that a direct threat to our producers. Maria Sapir, assistant commercial attache of the Israeli Embassy in Ukraine, said that as of yesterday no action in this regard, the Ukrainian representative office has not yet been made.

main exporters of Ukrainian flour are Kherson KHP (WJ), Luganskmlin, Nicholas KHP, Alfred S. Töpfer, Agroprodinvest. Yesterday the company Luganskmlin noted that while the regime of shipment to Israel has not changed.

prices for flour (highest grade) for today in Ukraine, according to APK-Inform, are about $ 260 /t. The relatively low prices caused a record drop in the value of wheat at the beginning of the marketing year due to high grain shaft. Financial intervention Agrarian Fund were unable to reverse the fall in prices, and in the medium term the cost of corn has remained very low. Favorable indicator for the export of flour is the exchange rate difference due to the devaluation of the currency.

flour production in Ukraine systematically declining - from 2,942 million tonnes in 2005 to 1,725 million tons in 2008 contributed to a decline in price realization in the domestic market, expensive energy, lack of quality wheat and the restrictions on the profitability of production, imposed by the government. The market is directly linked to the flour market of bread, which, in turn, zapolitizirovan, - said Alexander Vasilchenko, director general of the association Ukrhlebprom.

The volume of exports of flour from Ukraine in recent years are increasing. In the 2007-2008 MG was removed more than 225 thousand tons of flour, which amounted to 8% of the total production in the country during the period. Under the conditions prevailing quota grain export market, many operators have shifted to the export of flour, significantly grow the supply. Ukrainian flour imports of CIS countries, Middle East and Central Asia. Overall, our meal is delivered in 50 countries.

Supplies in Israel, apparently, were pikoobraznymi because Ukrainian flour is mainly in the near markets. In particular, there is a steady demand from the Georgian side, - said one of the market participants.

Recall that our flour has been a claim of markets - in the past year Egyptian mukomoly accused Ukrainian product is insufficient for bread-baking quality indicators.

the world's largest importers of flour are Brazil, Iraq, Libya, Cuba. Among the leading exports of wheat flour is composed of Kazakhstan, the EU, China and Argentina.
Production of flour in Ukraine systematically declining - from 2,942 million tonnes in 2005 to 1,725 million tons in 2008

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