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…
A small amount of meat from sick livestock from Poland has been found in a Lido restaurant, as confirmed by Chief of Latvian Food and Veterinary Service’s Public Relations Office Ilze Meistere. She reports that Lido has received a total of 27 kg of meat, and 9 kg of aforementioned meat remains stored in the…
Director of the Ukrainian Association of Retail Suppliers Oleksiy Doroshenko says the price of the so-called “meat basket” in Ukraine in 2018 increased by 11% YoY, to UAH 575 ($20.67). “It was UAH 518 ($18.62) in late 2017,” he wrote on Facebook. The basket consists of one kilogram of chicken fillet and carcass, pork, beef,…
As of January 21, mills in Ukraine processed 12.58 million tons of sugar beet. The National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar) informed that 1.71 million tons of sugar were produced as of the reporting date. The Ukrsugar experts adjusted the forecast of sugar production in MY2018-2019 (September 2018 – August 2019) to 1.7…
In 2018, Ukrainian winemakers exported their products to the tune of over $38 million, up by 20% YoY. “We exported wine and other products of winemaking to the tune of over $38 million, although we still remain the net importers of these products (imports totaled $113.5 million in 2018),” Deputy Agrarian Policy and Food Minister…
In 2018, JSC Ak Bidai – Terminal (a subsidiary of the “Food Contract Corporation”) handled 818.4 thousand tons of grain through the grain terminal in Aktau port. In 2017, grain handling reached around 500 thousand tons. As reported by the company, last year, the growth was conditioned by an increase in grain exports, favorable weather…
Azerbaijan brought self-sufficiency in meat and dairy products to 90%, Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov said at an event dedicated to the launch of a partnership program with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Under the partnership program with FAO, Azerbaijan will not only be a beneficiary, but also act as a…