By increasing excise tax for beer, the goal of reducing alcohol consumption will not be achieved. This is because consumption of other alcoholic beverages will increase as a result, notes CEO of Latvian Breweries Union Peteris Linins, commenting on the government’s plans to raise excise tax for beer. He emphasizes that Finance Ministry has developed…
Potato harvest in Latvia may come one week later than usual. Still, the harvest is expected to be on the level of last year, Potato Growers and Processors Union declared. Aiga Kraukle, chairman of the union, says it is too soon to predict the exact potato yield. But since there are plenty of potato tubers…
Three enterprises from the Association of Ukrainian Producers “Ice Cream and Frozen Foods” will soon start to export their products to the countries of the European Union, President of the Association, Ihor Bartkovsky said. “Currently, three companies of the Association are undergoing the last stage of inspections to obtain the right to export their products…
Analysts estimated the domestic consumption of grains and pulses in Ukraine in 2016-2017 MY at the level of 24.2 million tons, or 42% of the general grain production (66.1 million tons), and down by 4% YoY (25.3 million tons). At the same time, the share of food use in the general domestic consumption continued steadily…
Compared with the previous year, demand for seasonal fruit grew this summer: 31% for peaches, 35% for plums and 63% for apricots at Maxima Latvia supermarkets. “Although residents also put unusual fruit in their baskets, such as plum and peach hybrids, preference remains high for usual seasonal fruit – peaches, plums, cherries, etc. Last summer,…
The aquaculture safety project is funded by the government of Norway and is implemented in partnership with the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine and covers legislative support in fisheries, as well as access to international market, the press service of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported. “The project implementation will contribute to…
As of July 1, the registered carry-over stocks of oilseeds in Kazakhstan totaled 384.94 thousand tons, including 39.54 thousand tons at farming households, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. In particular, sunflower seed stocks totaled 208.79 thousand tons, soybeans – 35.68 thousand tons, safflower seed –…