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…
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,…