According to the Statistics Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, farms of all types held 10.33 MMT of cereals and pulses as of April 1, up by 16.5% YoY (8.86 MMT). Wheat inventories are up by 12.8%, at 8.65 MMT, including 6.75 MMT of milling wheat, 0.47 MMT of feed wheat and 1.43 MMT of…
Agrarians of Ukraine started planting buckwheat. As of May 5, the planted areas reached 18 thousand ha, or 13% of the plan, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. Also, Ukrainian agrarians planted spring grains and pulses throughout the areas of 5.497 million ha, or 76% of the forecast, down by 343…
China is a promising market for Belarusian dairy products, Sun Juan from China Radio International declared. Sun Juan noted that at the meeting with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on May 4, she asked the Belarusian leader a question about the supplies of meat and dairy products to the Chinese market. “Belarus is among the world’s…
According to forecasts of the US Department of Agriculture, in the new season the harvest volumes of wheat in Kazakhstan will decrease by 13% YoY, to 13 million tons. Domestic consumption of wheat will keep at the current season level – 6.9 million tons. A decline in wheat usage for seeds will compensate for growing…
Since the beginning of 2017, Ukraine has sent most of its honey exports to the United States, totaling $12.6 million, the press service of the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reports. “The United States has been the major importer of Ukrainian honey during the period. The export deliveries of honey to this country came…
The open joint stock company Belsolod is expanding its presence on the markets of Southeast Asia, the company’s director general Sergei Gorbatsevich declared. “The Belarusian president set a goal to diversify sales markets. We have met this goal. Today we are advancing into new markets such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Malaysia. We have already…
Belarus has reduced beer imports 5-fold in the past two years, Chairman of Belgospishcheprom Concern Alexander Zabello said. “I cannot say that the domestic brewing industry makes no headway. Yes, the sales are shrinking a bit, but we do not have a 10-15% slump as the neighboring countries are registering. Beer exports have reduced 5-fold…