In 2017 Kyrgyzstan produced 4,610.1 million dekaliters of alcoholic beverages, the Directorate for the Regulation, Control over the Production and Turnover of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products reported. “In 2017 at least 42 enterprises operated in the alcohol industry, including 5 alcohol and 6 vodka plants, 13 breweries and 18 wineries,” the directorate said.…
Astarta in the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY, September-August) reduced sugar production by 8%, to 463,000 tons compared to the previous MY, the company’s press service has reported. According to its information, Astarta plants processed about 3.1 million tons of sugar beets. The reduction of sugar production is due to a lower than planned sugar beet…
In 2018 Tajikistan plans to increase the planted areas under oilseed crops to 46.73 thousand ha, up by 22.84 thousand ha YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. According to the announcement, agrarians will plant grains in the autumn and spring planting campaigns throughout 145.34 thousand ha and 104.9 thousand ha, respectively. It was noted that…
Belarus aims to produce 6 tons in the average milk output per cow by 2020, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats said during the session of the ministry on February 5. “Relying on science, building on the national and world experience, the dairy industry will take another development turn and dramatically improve its productivity…
Brandy production in Armenia grew by 39.4% YoY in 2017, the National Statistical Service reveals. 30 million tons of brandy were produced in the reporting period against the 21.5 million tons made in 2016. Volumes of wine, champagne and beer production grew in 2017 by 30%, 10% and 21% respectively. Vodka production, meanwhile, declined by…
Food production in Uzbekistan decreased by 6.7 % in 2017 and amounted to 23.1 trillion soums in value terms, the Uzbek Food Industry Holding reported. The food industry’s share in the total industrial production decreased from 20% in 2016 to 16% last year, the company said. At the same time, growth was observed in many…
Uzbekistan’s Agrobank will create an association of lemon producers in the Qashqadaryo region, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources said in a message. Such a decision was voiced during the working visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the region. In the region Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with an innovative project by Akbar Saidov, graduate…