The export of meat from Ukraine to Azerbaijan rose 2.7-fold YoY and amounted to $37.8 million in 2017, Nikolai Pugachev, director of the national scientific center “Institute of Agrarian Economics” and academician of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, said. During the period, Azerbaijan became one of the TOP-5 importers of this product from Ukraine.…
Azerbaijan was a leader in tomato export to Russia in 2017, according to the Russian Federal Customs Committee. Azerbaijan increased its export volume by 50%, to 151,000 tons ($151 million). Azerbaijan’s share in Russian tomato import increased from 22% in 2016 to 30% in 2017. Russia accounted for 99.8% of Azerbaijan’s total tomato export in…
The European Union remains a major supplier of agricultural products to Ukraine for the second year in a row, accounting for 48.9% of the country’s agri-food imports in 2017. Shipments in monetary terms from Europe increased to $2.27 billion in 2017, from $1.94 billion in 2016, the press center of the National Scientific Center “Institute…
Uzbekistan plans to increase exports of fruit and vegetables by 30% YoY, to 1.2 million tons in 2018, the holding company “Uzbekozikovkatholding” reported. The company plans to reach an indicator of 1.2 million tons worth $1 billion. In 2017 the volume of exports of fruit and vegetable products amounted to 918,080 tons or $665.9 million.…
Uzbekistan and Georgia have agreed on cooperation in the field of winemaking and viticulture. As part of the visit of Uzbek working group led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Relations Sahib Saifnazarov to Tbilisi, the parties signed a memorandum, under which leading Georgian experts will visit Uzbekistan to study the raw materials base and…
Coca-Cola company in Uzbekistan decided to restore production of “FuseTea”, thus increasing production in the country. General director of Coca-Cola Bottlers Uzbekistan Ltd. (known as Coca-Cola Ichimligi Uzbekiston) Fahriddin Normatov said that the company planned to launch production of new types of products, including the FuseTea brand, this year. FruitTea has disappeared from the shelves…
Mustard production by large and medium-sized fat-and-oil plants in December 2017 rose to a near-record volume of 1083 MT, up by 10.7% MoM (978 MT) and by 3.5% YoY (1046 MT). Total mustard output in 2017 exceeded 8 KMT reaching 8.8 KMT, up by 14.1% YoY (7.7 KMT). Domestic mustard processing has been increasing for…