The Association of Beekeepers of Azerbaijan will send an appeal to the Agriculture Ministry, according to the president of the association Badraddin Khasratov. The goal is to obtain organic certification for Azerbaijani honey. “The ministry should apply to the Cabinet of Ministers for this. After the receipt of the certificate of organic product, the entry…
Kyrgyzstan will export beef and mutton to China, the Director of the State Inspection for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Safety, Kalysbek Zhumakanov, declared on April 26. According to him, Kyrgyzstan has signed four protocols with China for the export of meat. “We will also export products from beef, lamb, chicken,” Kalysbek Zhumakanov told. He stressed that…
The total price index of agricultural output in 2017 increased by 11.6% YoY, which was mainly due to the rise in prices of livestock products by 25.8%. The price index of crop products grew by 2.2%. Increase in the price index of livestock products was mainly affected by significant rise in milk prices. The average…
Ukrainian farmers in January-March boosted fruit and berry exports by 68% YoY, to $57 million. “The leaders in the commodity structure of domestic products exports this year were walnuts ($42 million), frozen berries ($10 million), as well as apples and pears ($5 million),” the press service of the Ukrainian association of gardening and small fruit…
Azerbaijan plans to begin exporting eggs to Russia and Iran, Executive Director of the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund (NFES) of Azerbaijan Shirzad Abdullayev said at a press conference. Abdullayev said that if in the past Azerbaijan could not completely provide itself with this product, now the local production was sufficient not only to ensure domestic…
In January-February Belarus’ farm exports rose by 7.4%, Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the Central Office for Foreign Economic Activities of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, said at the Dairy Belarus international forum. “In January-February the Belarusian agricultural industry expanded by 7.4% over January-February 2017. The trade reached $765 million. We recorded the growth in…
There are no restrictions on the purchase of milk from population in Ukraine, First Deputy Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Maksym Martyniuk said. “There is no such ban and will not be,” he stated. At the same time, he stressed that the quality of this milk should be improved. “But this has nothing to do…