Ukraine: Futures for Ukrainian corn, barley and sunflower oil to be traded in Chicago

Ukraine wants futures for its corn, barley and sunflower oil to be traded in Chicago by the end of this year, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk was quoted as saying by Bloomberg on June, 7.

“It is planned to begin new futures for corn, barley and, most importantly, sunflower oil,” Prysyazhnyuk said.

Trading of a Black sea wheat contract was scheduled to begin this month on the electronic network of CME Group Inc., the world’s largest futures exchange.

08 June, 2012