The Indian company, Synthite Industries Ltd, plans to implement a project for the cultivation and processing of pepper in Uzbekistan. Negotiations were held between the leadership of the Indian company and the Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Investments, Shamil Burnashev, on December 19. Pepper is selected as an experimental crop for this initiative.…
In 11 months of 2018, Kyrgyzstan exported 24,600 tons of dairy products, the Director of the State Inspectorate for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Safety Kalysbek Zhumakanov announced. According to him, the export of dairy products has almost doubled compared to January-November 2017. “Last year, we exported 14,700 tons to the EEU countries. This year, our entrepreneurs…
Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced 17.5 thousand tons of margarine in October, down by 9.8% MoM (19.4 thousand tons) and by 23% YoY (22.7 thousand tons). Margarine production in January-October8 was down by 3.4% YoY against a 0.6% delay reported a month earlier. The seasonal rise in output indicators is observed this year, but…
In 2018, Ukrainian farmers gathered a record grain harvest totaling 70.1 million tons, which would allow them to export 47-50 million tons of grain, Acting Agrarian Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Maksym Martyniuk said. “70.1 million tons of grains is a record harvest in the entire history of observations. And, respectively, it gives a…
Ukrainian economist Yevhen Oleynikov says Ukrainians should not be worried about an increase in food prices before the spring of 2019 and stores will be selling products at December prices after the New Year holidays. “In January, retail stores have the previous year’s remnants. That is, in fact, retailers are analyzing what and how it…
Reaching 247,882 tons in January-November, meat production in Kazakhstan increased by 8.9% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan reported. During the period under consideration, 476,284 tons of milk (+8%), 3,692,140 tons of flour (+2.7%), 223,916 tons of sugar (-31%), and 75,028 tons of groats (+17.8%) were produced in…
Coca-Cola Beverages Ukraine has launched a new PET line at a plant in the Kyiv region. The production capacity of the line is 42,000 bottles per hour. The project was implemented in 2.5 months, and the volume of investments in the project was 10.5 million euros. As of December 12, the plant utilized 12 lines…