The level of profitability of sugar beet in Ukraine’s agricultural enterprises in 2017 halved compared to the indicators of 2016 and amounted to 12.4%, Director of the National Research Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics” Yuriy Lupenko reported. “Last year the level of profitability of sugar beet production was the lowest one in the past four…
The first batch of popular brands of Kazakh ice cream “Bomba” (Bomb), “Bakhroma” (Fringe) and “Mishka na polyuse” (Bear at the Pole) has been sent to China. A truck with 10 tons of Kazakh ice cream will go from Almaty to Shanghai. The Shin-Line company is the supplier. The company has its own warehouse in…
Belarus plans to export agricultural products worth $100 million to China in 2018, Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy declared. “Last year we exported $17 million worth of agricultural products to China. We believe that this is not enough as the market is very big. We aim for $100 million in agricultural exports to the…
Azerbaijan may increase wine exports 2-fold by the end of 2018, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Wine Producers and Exporters Association Elchin Madatov declared. “The export of Azerbaijani wine products exceeded $4 million in the first half of 2018, up by 80% YoY,” Madatov said. “By the end of 2018 we expect a 100% increase in…
Gnidava Sugar Refinery continues to modernize production. The installation of “Babbini” beet pulp presses is in the final stage. The equipment is intended for pulp spinning after diffusion, the deputy chairman of the investment board Glib Galkevych reported. “Two thirds of equipment have already been installed, we begin to bring it all in operation. We…
Kernel Holding boosted sales of bulk sunflower oil to 1.301 million tons in FY 2018 (July-June), up by 20.1% YoY. Sales of bottled sunflower oil fell by 9.7%, to 118.6 million liter. The holding processed 3.136 million tons of sunseed in the reporting period, up by 6%. Kernel stepped up bulk oil sales by 37.3%…
The beekeepers of the North Kazakhstan region intend to collect 1,000 tons of honey this year, Head of the Association of Beekeepers Oleg Gavrilov told governor Kumar Aksakalov. “In view of the number of bee packages delivered, this year we can collect 1 thousand tons of honey. Last year we collected approximately 300 tons of…