Sugar production in Ukraine in the 2019-2020 marketing year (MY, September 2019 – August 2020) could be reduced by 22% compared with the previous marketing year. The fall to 1.4 million tons is expected, as reported by the press service of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine “Ukrtsukor” with reference to a head…
Kyrgyzstan exports only honey, dried fruit and beans to Europe, Erkinbek Choduev, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation of Kyrgyzstan, announced at a meeting of the Parliament. MP Talaibek Masabirov asked what kind of agricultural products Kyrgyzstan exported to EU countries and whether they were organic. Erkinbek Choduev replied that dried fruit…
In 2018, Kazakhstan exported 24,600 tons of fish products to the amount of $56.5 million, Saken Dildakhmet, press secretary of the Agriculture Ministry’ Forestry Committee, reported. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan imported 34,300 tons of fish products worth $70.7 million. Oceanic fish and sea products comprise 80% of the import, Saken Dildakhmet posted on his FB account. The…
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…