President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed that the Black Sea Grain Initiative be expanded to the ports of Mykolaiv region. He said this at a joint briefing with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen in Odesa on January 30. “I thank Denmark for joining our “Grain from Ukraine” initiative. It is very important that…
Georgian tea will be sold by Oxalis, one of the leading supermarket chains in the Czech Republic, after a Georgia-based company has received support from the Export Assistance Programme of the Enterprise Georgia state project to deliver its products to the store. Enterprise Georgia revealed the news on January 25, explaining Gamarjoba, a domestic producer…
The National Wine Agency will spend GEL 2 million ($756,000) on promoting Georgian wine at international industry fairs and domestic events throughout 2023. The agency said it would set aside the sum from its overall GEL 14 million ($5.2 million) budget, and said the product would be featured in “all important international exhibitions”. The effort…
Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, discussed international food safety at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture ministerial in Berlin between January 18 and 21. Bringing together up to 90 agriculture ministers and hundreds of representatives from international organisations, the event highlighted causes of the global food security crisis. Naming…
Ukraine exported 3.1 million tons of corn in December 2022 that was a record monthly volume since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. It was up by 21% MoM, but down by 38% YoY. China was the main destination for Ukrainian corn in December 2022. It imported 839.4 thousand tons of corn or 27% of…
Five sugar factories of Vinnytsia region finished the production season, the head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, Serhii Borzov, announced on Facebook. He noted that the enterprises processed 2.4 million tons of raw materials, produced 360.1 thousand tons of sugar – almost as much as last season – 363.5 thousand tons. “The region has maintained…
The first container with Moldovan apples from the 2022 harvest has arrived in India and another four ones will reach the destination in the end of this month, due to the joint efforts of the cabinet, exporters of fruits and development partners. The container crossed more than 7,500 km by sea and reached the destination…