Belarus has announced an open tender to identify importers of alcoholic beverages in 2017, the commission responsible for holding the tender said in a statement. Importers are invited to present their bids to the Trade Ministry by October 24. They are expected to provide lists of beverages they wish to import, as well as information…
Belarus’ sugar export proceeds reduced by 14.2% YoY in January-July to $117.422 million, Belarus’ National Statistical Committee (Belstat) said in a report. Belarus exported 222,200 tons of sugar in January-July 2016, down by 5.2% YoY. Russia was a major destination for Belarus’ sugar exports – 184,500 tons (unchanged year on year) worth $98.711 million (down…
Constant increasing of the global production and stocks of grains is one of the major factors forming the situation on the raw materials market of grains in Ukraine in 2016/2017 MY, the grain market analyst at APK-Inform Agency Andrei Kupchenko declared. According to USDA estimations, in the current season the global grain production will reach…
ARVIBelAgro LTD joint venture (Lida, Grodno region) plans to launch a turkey meat facility in November, a company official reported. By November the company plans to have commissioned 15 poultry houses and launched a slaughterhouse. German-made and Polish-made equipment is now being installed at the slaughterhouse, the official informed. At the moment, the investment value…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine supports cancellation of price controls for food products, including grain by-products, the Director of the food products department at the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Moroz declared. According to him, the Ministry provides the reporting cancellation of price regulation as an experiment. If in…
As of September 1, agricultural enterprises (excluding small-scale ones) and grain storage and processing enterprises of Ukraine, stocked 24.439 million tons of grains and sunflower seed, down by 2.7 million tons compared with the same date in 2015, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, the carry-over stocks of wheat reached 17.703 million…
Barley harvesting in Russia entered the final straight. More than 18.2 MMT of barley were collected from about 93% of acreage, which already exceeds last year’s harvest. This year Russia will obtain 9% more barley than a year before. Undoubtedly, export potential will also grow in the 2016/2017 season. Experts believe that it may surpass…