Azerbaijan: persimmon exports up in 2018

Last year, Azerbaijan increased the sale of persimmon by 17.5% YoY, the Chairman of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Persimmon, Gadir Yusifov, reported. In 2017, Azerbaijan sold persimmons for a total amount of $97 million. In 2018, the cultivation reached $114 million, which indicated an increase of 17.5%. Azerbaijani persimmon is mainly exported…

Ukraine: poultry meat exports up in 2018

In 2018 Ukraine exported 328.97 thousand tons of poultry meat, up by 21.24% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine (SFSU), in monetary terms poultry meat exports totaled $506.61 million. The key importers of Ukrainian poultry meat in the reporting period were the Netherlands – $112.46 million; Slovakia – $59.95 million; and Saudi…

Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek-Tashkent bus route resumed

Bishkek-Tashkent bus route via the previously existing route was resumed before the approval of a new timetable from February 1, the Ministry of Transport and Roads reported. The Ministry of Transport of Kyrgyzstan has negotiated the issue on the transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of Bishkek-Tashkent bus with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development…