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2010.08.23 | ALL NEWS

NEWS OF WEEK

● Belarus’ net foreign assets up 1.5% in Jan-Jul to $4.98 bln 

● Lukashenko sets new land tax rates, state-owned land lease rates 

● Belarus’ Jan-Jul industrial output up 9.6% on yr to Br86.324 tln 

● Belarus’ State Property Committee authority expanded 

● Belarus’ producer prices up 0.4% on mo in July 

● Belarus hopes to go up about 10 notches in WB’s Doing Business 2011 rankings 

METAL PRODUCTION

● Statistics: Steel production in Russia up 19.5% in January–July 

● Russia’s Severstal RAS revenue soars 63% on year in January–June 

● Russia’s MMK RAS revenue up 26% on quarter in April–June 

● Belarusian Metal Plant’s Jan-Jun steel output down 0.8% on yr 

FOREST AND WOODWORKING

● No entry into Belarusian forests 

● Russian police crack down on timber smuggling ring in Far East 

● Russia’s Mondi Syktyvkarsky RAS net profit up 6.6% in Jan–Jun 

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

● Statistics: Russia’s meat output up 11.8% on yr in January–July 

● Russia’s Sberbank ready to prolong loans to agricultural cos 

● Statistics: Russia’s agricultural output up 0.3% in January–July 

● Official sees winter crops planted in Russia September 10–20 

● Ukraine delays considering grain export ban until Aug 25 

● Russia’s United Grain Co exports 630,000 tns of grain in May–Aug 

● Minister: Ukraine to limit grain exports to 3.5 mln tns by yr-end 

● says Russian ban on grain exports won’t affect EU market 

● Medvedev calls for recovery of Chechen agriculture industry 

● Bashkortostan 2010 grain harvest 32% below forecast due to drought 

● Russian ministry to give 25 bln rbl to drought-affected regions 

● PRESS: Prices for main foodstuffs in Russia may double soon 

● Russian deputy PM says farmers need 6–7 bln rbl in subsidies 

● Russian watchdog bans meat supplies from US, Chinese companies 

● Deputy PM: Russian govt won’t change grain export ban timeline 

● Bashkortostan to spend 6.5 bln rbl on eliminating drought effects 

● UPDATE: Russian deputy PM urges farmers to start selling grain 

● UPDATE: Grain, bread price hikes caused by speculation–antitrust 

● Putin orders creation of grain exchange in Russia 

● Russian official: Grain, bread price hikes caused by speculation 

● Russian deputy PM urges farmers to start selling grain 

● Statistics service: Russia’s grain harvest down 3% as of August 1 

● EXPERT: Sale of stake in Belaruskali may affect global potash prices 

● Ukraine may limit sugar import from Belarus if it delivers cane sugar as beet sugar 

● Belarus’ beer output up 9.5%/yr in Jan-Jul to 22.3 mln decaliters 

● Belarus in talks with LUKOIL over financing of poultry factory 

● Belarus plans to spend Br3.9 tln on poultry breeding 2011-2015 

● Belarus’ imports of soft drinks down, mineral water up on year in Jan-June 

● Belarus’ OAO Lidskoe Pivo Jan-Jul beer output up 12.8% to 3.21 mln decaliters 

● Belarus to build 168 motorway service outlets in 2011-2015 

● Tatarstan eager to buy Belarusian grain 

● Belarus ups milk procurement prices 10%