The Supreme Court of Estonia has dismissed an appeal submitted by the Lithuanian dairy company Zemaitijos Pienas against Estonia’s Estover in the string cheese trademark dispute, leaving Estover the right to sell its products under the name Piknikupulgad (Picnic Sticks). Zemaitijos Pienas, one of Lithuania’s largest dairy companies, first initiated a dispute with Estonian dairy…
Cattle numbers in Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and a part of Donbas) as of February 1, amounted to 3.392 million animals, down by 3.4% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, the number of cows during this period decreased by 3.6% and amounted to 1.928 million. The number of pigs fell…
In the 2018-2019 season, Ukraine can export about 200 containers of apples to the United Arab Emirates, while the volume of supplies will grow on a monthly basis. Head of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association Fedir Rybalko made a corresponding statement at the GulFood exhibition held in Dubai, the UAE, the press service of…
In the first month of 2019, the overall cargo turnover in the seaports of Ukraine increased by 3.4% YoY, and totaled 11.1 million tons, declared the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA). In particular, the transshipment of export cargoes totaled 8.7 million tons (+12.5%). At the same time, the shipment volumes of grain cargoes…
In 2018, Uzbekistan increased the imports of vegetable oils by 42.1% in physical terms compared with the previous year, to 175.4 thousand tons, and in monetary terms – by 19.3%, to $147.4 million, declared the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources. In particular, the imports of sunflower oil demonstrated the most significant upward trend –…
Twenty-four Georgian wines have received two double-gold, 15 gold and seven silver medals at the 6th Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2019, the National Wine Agency of Georgia says. Various Georgian wines were selected among 4,326 items from 34 countries after the tasting assessment held on January 29-30. The competition featured the best commercially-produced wines…
In 2018, Ukraine exported almost 42 million tons of grains to the tune of more than $7 billion, which in monetary terms was the highest value in the history of Ukraine. “Since 2010, Ukraine has been increasing its grain exports annually. Although a new record was not set in 2018, 41.7 million tons of domestic…