Since 2012, the exports of Ukrainian condensed milk and cream to Israel have increased more than 5-fold, to $1.4 million, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club reported. The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club experts also noted a 1.8-fold increase in the size of Ukrainian ice cream exports to Israel. In 2016, the share of exports to Israel in total…
Belarus and Tajikistan will be expanding cooperation in the agricultural sector. The matter was discussed at a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation at the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry on May 18. Opening the session, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats noted that in Q1 the organizations making part…
In January-April the production volumes of agricultural commodities in Ukraine decreased by 0.3% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, agricultural enterprises lowered the production indices by 0.6%, while households of the population increased them by 0.1%. In 2016 the growth of agricultural production totaled more than 6%. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Belarus has imposed a temporary restriction on the import of live poultry and hatching eggs from Tatarstan due to the outbreak of avian flu. A temporary restriction on the import of products from Tatarstan to Belarus has been introduced from May 17. It applies to live birds, hatching eggs, wild, zoo and circus susceptible animals,…
Ukraine’s export of rapeseed is likely to jump by 60% YoY, to 1.65 million tons in the 2017-2018 season as the harvest is expected to be about 70% larger than in the previous year Ukrainian output could rise to 2.03 million tons this year from 1.19 million tons in 2016 due to larger sowing area…
Issues related to economic cooperation between Tajikistan and China were discussed at a meeting of Tajik Deputy Prime Minister Azim Ibrohim with visiting Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Pan Yunhe. In the course of the talks, Ibrohim noted that Tajikistan supported Chinese leader’s initiative regarding new…
A three-day meeting of the Regional Working Group including representatives from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan kicked off in the Tajik northern city of Khujand on May 16. According to the European Delegation to Tajikistan, the regional meeting has the goal to develop the Explanatory Brochure in accordance with the UNECE Standard DDP-15 concerning marketing and…