There was a slight drop in bread consumption in Latvia last year, according to Latvian Bakers’ Association board chairman Karlis Zemess. He says the bread market is not stable and that it has a tendency to decline due to the reducing bread consumption, which in turn is caused by the ongoing population decline, promotion of…
In December 2018, food prices in Kazakhstan increased by 5.1% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy reported. Last year, baked goods, cereals, meat, fish and seafood, dairy products, eggs, oils and fats, sugar, confectionery, alcohol-free and alcoholic beverages rose in price, whereas fruit and vegetables became cheaper. Regarding cereal products,…
According to the results of 11 months of 2018, domestic agricultural and food exports grew by $621.4 million compared with the corresponding period in 2017 and totaled $17.02 billion. “The foreign trade turnover of the agro-industrial complex products reached $21.9 billion or 23.1% of Ukraine’s total foreign trade turnover. The domestic agrarian and food exports…
Roshen Confectionary Corporation has lost one position in the rating of Global Top 100 Candy Companies 2018 and was the 25th, retaining sales at the level of 2017 with $800 million. According to the rating posted on the website of the Candy Industry publication, Roshen Corporation has eight factories and over 10,000 employees. Konti Group…
When weather becomes cold, demand usually increases for mulled wine, hot juice-based drinks, as well as ingredients needed to make them, according to information from ELVI. Demand for hot drinks with juice in them doubled in November when compared to the same month of last year. Mulled wine sales, on the other hand, increased 8-fold.…
Ukraine in January-October exported 511.9 tons of frozen fish worth $1.1 million, up almost 1.5-fold YoY, the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry’s press service reported. “During the same period last year, 485 tons of this produce was exported to the tune of $770,000. Thus, export revenue increased by 43%,” the ministry said in a statement.…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports that Ukraine has exported 112 thousand tons of flour by December 19, down by 101.7 thousand tons YoY. Since the start of MY2018-2019, wheat flour shipments have amounted to 111.5 thousand tons, whereas other types of flour – 0.6 thousand tons. In MY2017-2018, flour exports…