A total of 12 types of Georgian wine have been exported to Qatar since May 27, marking the first batches of Georgian wine export to the country, the Georgian National Wine Agency reports. As a result of the cooperation between the Embassy of Georgia in Qatar and the country’s Distribution Company, Georgian wine will soon…
Ukraine has exported more than 46.9 million tons of grain and leguminous crops as of May 30, including 1.06 million tons in May, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reports, referring to figures from the State Customs Service. Since the beginning of the 2021-2022 marketing year, Ukraine has exported 46.93 million tons…
Legal alcohol consumption in Lithuania rose last year, with adults consuming 12.1 litres of pure alcohol per capita in 2021, up by 0.7% YoY. Lithuania’s retailers and caterers sold 3.3 million decaliters of spirits (vodka, whiskey, brandy, etc.) last year, up by 11.8%, according to data by Statistics Lithuania. Wine and fermented beverage sales increased…
Ukraine is increasing sunflower seed export since the start of the war amid the weak export of sunflower oil and a shortage of oil on the global market. The demand from European processors, mainly Bulgarian and Romanian, who are facing a lack of feedstock, is favorable for the export of Ukrainian sunflower seed as well.…
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) on May 23 informed about more controls, made on the last period, as to the quality of the fresh/refrigerated and congealed fish, sold in trade units, in the wake of which non-conformities were detected. According to ANSA, Agency’s inspectors found out more non-conformities, such as: inadequacy of sanitary and…
President of Poland Andrzej Duda considers that it is very important for global food security to unblock the port in Odesa so that Ukraine will be able to export food to countries that need it. Duda said this at a joint press conference with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. As Duda stressed, not…
As of May 19, 182 thousand hectares of sugar beets were sown in Ukraine. According to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine continues sowing campaign. 182 thousand hectares of sugar beets have been sown in the territories controlled by Ukraine. Sowing of spring crops is carried out by 23…