Ukraine: champignon mushroom exports up in 2017

In 2017 Ukraine exported 533 tons of champignon mushrooms, the press service of the Agrarian Policy Ministry of Ukraine states. “Based on the results of 2017 Ukraine exported 533 tons of champignon mushrooms worth $480,000, up 12.5-fold YoY. In 2016 Ukraine exported 42.6 tons of champignon mushrooms to the foreign markets worth $37,800,” the statement…

Ukraine: beer market stabilizes

The Ukrainian beer market has stopped falling and stabilized for the first time in nine years, Carlsberg Ukraine Director General Yevhen Shevchenko has said. “According to our internal assessment, the Ukrainian beer market for the first time in nine years has stopped its decline and stabilized. The facilities of Carlsberg Ukraine are not loaded in…

Latvia: turnover in food stores up in January 2018

Retail trade turnover in food stores grew by 9% YoY in January. This includes a 5.8% increase in non-specialized stores and 62.2% in specialized stores, according to information from Maxima retail compass industry review. 2018 commenced with increased growth rate for retail trade sector (except for retail trade of fuel) when compared with the years…

Kazakhstan: rapeseed prices stable

For the last one and half month the price tendency on rapeseed market of Kazakhstan has been stable due to the sufficient supply of the product from the farmers. Since the beginning of February the bid prices on rapeseed have been declared usually in the range of 110-125 thousand tenge per ton CPT. (APK-Inform/Business World…

Ukraine: export of eggs up in January-February 2018

Ukraine in January-February exported 15.45 thousand tons of eggs, up 1.9-fold YoY. The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine (SFS) informs that in monetary terms egg exports totaled $14.97 million compared to $6.99 million in January-February 2017. The main importers of Ukrainian eggs are the United Arab Emirates ($5.85 million), Iraq ($3.07 million) and Qatar ($1.27…