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…
Tajikistan is gradually reducing the import of flour, and increasing the import of wheat, which is subsequently processed by the republic itself, according to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. In the first quarter of this year flour imports decreased by 8,000 tons in comparison with the indicators of 2017, while the import of…
Azerbaijan intends to significantly increase hazelnut production in 2018, according to the Azerbaijan Hazelnut Exporters Consortium. Its representative noted that the Consortium planned to increase production by almost 48%. “We plan to produce 60,000-65,000 tons of hazelnut in 2018, which is much more than last year. As for exports, this depends not only on increasing…
Ukraine’s large and medium-sized plants produced 8.7 thousand tons of mayonnaise in February, up by 3% MoM (8.5 thousand tons) and by 5% YoY (8.3 thousand tons). Mayonnaise output in January-February grew by 7% YoY, to 17.2 thousand tons. Mayonnaise production has been staying stable at 124-126 thousand tons since three years ago. That is…
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has reviewed the construction of the reservoir in the Zafarobod area as part of his trip to the Jizzakh region. The president stressed that the reservoir would provide 20,000 hectares of unused land with water, expand cultivated areas where it would be possible to grow crops and receive income. “We…
Kazakh Central Communications Service hosted press conference “The Ministry of Agriculture opened up exports of Kazakh mutton to China”. The event was attended by Tursyn Kabduldanov, the Chairman of the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture, Azamat Saginbayev, the Director of the Livestock Department of the Ministry, and Kaiyrzhan Nauryzghaliyev,…