The Government of Moldova expects that after signing of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the EU (DCFTA), the exports of agricultural products to the EU market will grow by 15-18%, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Affairs of Moldova Octavian Kalmyk declared. According to him, the issue is mainly related to…
Egypt has not received any complaints from Russia over the quality of fruit and vegetable supplies, Egyptian newspaper Ash-Shuruk reported citing Ibrahim Imbabi, head of the quarantine office at Egypt’s agriculture ministry. Egypt exports around 320,000 tons of citrus fruits and 200,000 tons of potatoes, as well as onion and pomegranates to Russia, Imbabi said.…
Belarus OAO Praimilk (affiliated with OAO Biocom) has launched a factory in Shchuchin (Grodno region) to process lactoserum and produce serum concentrate, a company official reported. The total value of the project stands at Br97 million ($49.8 million), the factory’s installed capacity – 27,100 tons of serum concentrate a year. The new factory uses a…
The Ministry of Emergency Situations has increased the price of high quality wheat received from local manufacturers from AZN 270 to 280 a ton. As reported, the State Agency for Material Resources under the Ministry of Emergency Situations on June 21, announced procurement of high quality wheat produced in 2016 for the State Grain Fund.…
Hrachya Berberyan, chairman of a union of farmers, has accused wheat-procuring companies of making huge profits out of wheat growing farmers’ hard work. “They pay the farmers from 90 to 120 drams per 1 kg of wheat, however, 1 kg of flour can be used to make more than 1 kg of bread, which sells…
The list of the most prospective regions for the exports of Ukrainian flour includes African countries: Libya, Angola, Nigeria, and the Middle East region (Syria, Iraq), the Adviser to the Chairman at Agrarian Fund PJSC Sergei Sakirkin declared. In 2014/2015 MY, Ukraine shipped 2% of the general flour exports to Africa, with 8% in 2015/2016…
France’s loss in wheat export markets following flooding this year is Ukraine’s gain as the east European nation ships wheat to India, the second-largest consumer, for the first time in a decade. Ukraine delivered 240,000 metric tons of wheat to India in July and August as stocks in the Asian country fell to a nine-year…