In January-May Tajikistan imported 23.4 thousand tons of flour, down almost 2-fold YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan declared. In January-May 2016 Tajikistan imported 42.6 thousand tons of flour. According to the announcement, to date the price of one 50-kg bag of 1-grade flour of Kazakh origin in Dushanbe totals 175-180…
Ukraine’s State Service for Food Safety and Consumers Protection has reported that nine more Ukrainian enterprises have been permitted to supply dairy products to China. “Earlier 18 companies had the right to export dairy products to the Chinese market. Our Chinese colleagues expanded this list by nine companies, to 27 Ukrainian enterprises,” State Service for…
In January-April Azerbaijan decreased wheat imports by 47.6% YoY, to 261.1 thousand tons, the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan declared. According to the statistics figures, the general cost of imported wheat to the country totaled $48.461 million (down by 48.1%). In the reporting period Azerbaijan imported 32.19 thousand tons of vegetable oils…
Israel is interested in buying Belarusian food, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Belarus Alon Shoham reported. The ambassador noted that Israel grew increasingly interested in buying organic food. “We believe that Belarusian products offer very good quality. We believe that Belarusian foods are organic and up to high standards. We are considering the…
AVK Confectionary LLC (Kyiv), a large confectionary producer in Ukraine, with the launch of the ground coffee line under the Baristi trademark seeks to reach 5% of the market segment by 2018. The company said in a press release that in May 2016 AVK started producing ground coffee under the Baristi trademark. In 12 month…
Ukraine saw a 0.9% YoY decline in agricultural production in January-May, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. In particular, agri-businesses reduced output by 1%, while private farmers’ production was 0.8% down. The report cites the data in constant 2010 prices without taking into account the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of…
Turkmen farmers fulfilled the state order for wheat production by 25% as of June 16, the Turkmen government said. The wheat harvesting started on June 7 in four of five provinces of Turkmenistan. Some 400,000 tons of wheat have been harvested. Some 1,600 tons of grain are planned to be collected from a 760,000-hectare area…