Azerbaijan intends to reduce dependence on imports of basic dairy products, Chairman of the Public Association “Producers and Exporters of Milk and Dairy Products of Azerbaijan” (ASEB) Samir Eyyubov declared. “Two main types of production can be distinguished in the dairy industry – the production of butter and the production of yellow cheese varieties. The…
Exports of apples from Ukraine in the 2017-2018 season soared 3.2-fold YoY. Ukraine exported 49,000 tons of apples over the period under review, the Ukrainian government’s portal has said. In the previous 2016-2017 season Ukraine shipped only 12,800 tons of apples abroad. “The largest batches of Ukrainian apples are exported to Belarus, Moldova, and Austria,”…
Kazakhstan’s Kaz-Ir AGRO LLP made the first shipment of safflower oil to Japan in the volume of 37.3 tons, Kaz-Ir AGRO said. Kaz-Ir AGRO is the first company in the history of Kazakhstan to supply food products to Japan, specializing in growing safflower, as well as producing unrefined safflower oil of cold pressing. In June…
France abolished restrictions on supply of Uzbek melons and pomegranates, Foreign Trade Ministry of Uzbekistan stated after talks in Paris between the Agriculture Ministry of France and a delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Trade Minister Jamshid Khojayev. “Following the talks held in France in the Agriculture Ministry, phytosanitary restrictions on Uzbek melons and pomegranates…
Ukrainian berry and nut exports have grown by 61.5% YoY in January-May. “The berry and nut exports in the first five months of this year totaled $83.8 million and increased by 61.5%,” the Economic Development Ministry and Trade Ministry of Ukraine posted on Twitter. As noted, the largest importers of Ukrainian berries and nuts were…
Azerbaijan plans to produce 200,000 tons of persimmons by the end of this year, which will slightly exceed last year’s figure, Chairman of the Association of Persimmon Producers and Exporters Gadir Yusifov reported. According to him, persimmon export brought the state treasury a significant income of $100 million in 2017. “This is a fairly good…
In 2018 Ukraine can break a record in corn production – 27-28 million tons, and increase the sales to China by 10%, due to the current trade war between the USA and China, declared the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Maksym Martynyuk. According to the announcement, China accused the USA…