Belarus: more beef to be sold to China

Belarus intends to sell more beef to China, representatives of the Embassy of Belarus in China reported after Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats held a series of negotiations in Beijing. Leonid Zayats met with top executives of the China Meat Association (CMA), Great Silk Road Company, and Chengdu Haiyunda Company. The sides discussed…

Ukraine: mayonnaise production up in June 2018

In June mayonnaise production by Ukraine’s large and medium-sized plants totaled 10.5 thousand tons, i.e. it recovered to the level of June 2017. Mayonnaise output in the reporting month was the second largest this year, but it still remained below the four-year average of 11.2 thousand tons. Although it gained almost 2% from May, this…

Kazakhstan: flour exports up in May 2018

Kazakhstan exported 162 thousand tons of flour in May, up by 18% MoM (137.5 thousand tons), but down by 2% YoY (165 thousand tons). In total, Kazakh flour exports in MY 2017-2018 (September-May) were up by 4% YoY, at 1.8 million tons. The biggest importers of flour from Kazakhstan are its neighbors Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.…

Ukraine: meat production down in H1 2018

Meat production in Ukraine in January-June totaled 1.78 million tons (live weight), down by 0.3% YoY. Milk production in the country in H1 declined by 2%, to 6 million, while egg production grew by 2.6%, to 9.65 billion eggs, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine said. The data excluded reports from temporarily occupied areas in…