The city of Qingdao, China’s Shandong Province, hosted an exhibition-fair of products imported to China from the countries represented in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Various products were put up for sale from member countries, as well as countries that had status of observer and a dialogue partner for the organization. The national stand, prepared…
HKScan Estonia, a subsidiary of the Nordic food group HKScan, hired 44 seasonal employees at Rakvere Meat-Processing Plant to help service increased demand during the summer season. “Considering that last year we reached the absolute sales record of Rakvere-brand products in June and that sales volumes this year are already exceeding last year’s, there are…
Mogilev Meat-Packing Plant has launched commercial supplies of beef cuts to China, director of the plant Vladimir Latygovsky reported. “We have already supplied more than $130,000 worth of frozen meat to China. At the end of June we will send a new batch of products cut and packaged according to the requirements of the Chinese…
Uzbekistan ranked fourth among the exporters of cherry in the world, due to the active expansion of cherry fields in 2013-2017, the EastFruit company said in a message. In 2017 Uzbekistan exported about 32,000 tons of sweet cherries, up by 5,000 tons from the same indicator of Spain, according to EastFruit analysts. In 2018 the…
The unusually high temperatures and lack of precipitation this May in Latvia have added to the adverse effects that last year’s chilly and wet summer has had in the field of fruit growing, the leadership of the Latvian Orchardman Association, has warned. The non-governmental organization unites around 400 hundred of the largest fruit and berry…
Every batch of Belarusian products undergoes laboratory control, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats declared. “We trade with 85 countries today. Not a single state has complaints regarding the quality of our products. Before shipping products, each batch undergoes control in accredited laboratories,” Leonid Zayats said. “The laboratories employ highly qualified specialists that check…
In May Ukrainian producers delivered 54,000 tons of sugar to foreign markets, up by 29% YoY, the press service of the Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine reported. “In May the main importer of Ukrainian sugar was again Uzbekistan (72%). In addition, 11% of deliveries were made to the UK, 5% to Azerbaijan…