In the first fortnight of May, Ukraine’s retail prices for socially important products increased, namely the prices for the so-called “borsch” vegetables and meat, the Economic Discussion Club reports. “Potatoes and “borsch” vegetables showed a record growth in prices again. Over the first twenty days of May, consumer prices for these products have increased as…
Sladkaya Strana, a subsidiary of the Belarusian confectionery Vitba, is expanding into the markets of Russia and Ukraine. Pilot batches of biscuits have been sent to the trading networks of these countries, Sladkaya Strana Director Khachatur Arzumanov said. “We are looking for foreign markets. Not long ago we shipped trial batches to the trading networks…
The Dushanbe mayor’s office is taking efforts to curb rise in prices of basic food products during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, according to the Dushanbe administration press center. By Dushanbe mayor’s decree merchants and farmers selling their products at Dushanbe’s Dehqon, Shohmansour and Sakhovat bazaars will be exempt from paying one-time fee, a…
The average price for agricultural products set by Ukraine’s farmers in January-April increased by 11% YoY, the State Statistics Service reports. Prices for plant products in the reporting period rose by 8.5%, while those of livestock products went up by 23.4%, according to the report. In April against March, agricultural products grew in price by…
Inspecting an advertisement published on Facebook, Latvian Food and Veterinary Service uncovered illegal trade of sheep meat, canned meat storage and meat product distribution organized in an office building on Selpils Street, Riga. Upon performing a control purchase, inspectors found that tins with meat were either not labeled or improperly labeled, making it impossible to…
Ukraine as of May 19 has sown grains and leguminous crops on 6.8 million hectares, or 94% of the forecast. According to the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food, spring wheat was sown on 172,000 hectares (or 97% of the plan), spring barley on 1.56 million hectares (95%), oats on 197,000 hectares (95%), peas on…
In January-April Azerbaijan increased the exports of agricultural products by 44% YoY, the Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, Heydar Asadov declared. According to the minister, Azerbaijan plans to increase the exports of food products, in terms of current problem with food security in the world. During recent 4 months, the country increased export volumes mainly…