Salt supplies by state-run enterprise Artyomsol (Donetsk region) to Russia in 2016 fell by 29.6% YoY, to 606,800 tons. The company said in a press release that its large consumers last year were Hungary, Poland and Romania. In 2016 supplies to Armenia, Belarus, Germany and Estonia grew. Shipments to consumers in the Czech Republic and…
Despite the establishment of industries, Kyrgyzstan continues to process only 15% of agricultural production, the Minister of Economy Arzybek Kozhoshev said at a government meeting. During 11 months of 2016 the volume of foreign trade of Kyrgyzstan decreased by 0.5% YoY. Exports amounted to $1.6 billion and decreased by 1.5%. Imports remained at the level…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food expects that the Ukrainian agrarians in 2016 will collect some 64.2 million tons of grain, up by 4 million tons YoY, with the average yield of 44.8 hundredweight per ha, according to the ministry press service. According to the report, 26.1 million tons of wheat will be harvested,…
The Belarusian confectionery factory Spartak is expanding its store chain in China, Spartak Deputy Director General Dmitry Korolenko reported. Gomel-based factory Spartak opened its first store in Harbin in November 2016. In January two more stores opened their doors in Beijing and Shanghai. All three stores belong to Spartak’s partner from China. The stores sell…
Uzbek exporters and regional and district khokims continue negotiations on exports to foreign countries, including European states, at Green Week, an international agricultural exhibition. On the fourth day, exporters met representatives of Central Investments Worldwide L.P. and Better International Trade (UK), GIZ (Germany), Avietes (Lithuania), Befresh (Israel), Greenfield Agro and Shri Niwas Dall & Besan…
In 2016/2017 MY the export potential of Ukrainian feed corn will total nearly 18 million tons, up by 9% YoY. At the same time, in October 2016 Ukraine exported over 1.35 million tones of corn, which became the absolute record for the reporting month. But due to the record global production of corn, as well…
In 2016 the imports of wheat to Tajikistan totaled over 1.34 million tons, up by 16.9% YoY. Kazakhstan was the main country-supplier of wheat, the Head of the Antimonopoly service at the Government of Tajikistan Sajdi Kodirzoda said. Also, in the reporting period Tajikistan imported nearly 88.8 thousand tons of flour (the average price totaled…