The Lithuanian parliament voted on January 18 to reject proposals on liberalizing the rules on alcohol sales. The amendments, drafted by the ruling conservative-liberal coalition, included proposals to lower legal drinking age and extend alcohol-selling time. However, MPs rejected individual proposals as well as the amendment bill, which was voted down 63 to 51. Under…
On January 17, the European Union lifted restrictions on the import of poultry products from Ukraine, which were in force since December 2020 due to avian influenza. “Restrictions applied to quarantine areas where cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza were detected, while products from uninfected areas were allowed to be exported to the EU.…
Georgia has been added to the list of countries that can export snails to the European Union market, the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture reports. The adoption of the regulation has followed measures taken by the Georgian National Food Agency under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement with the EU. The…
Georgia exported about 107 million bottles of wine to 62 countries in 2021, marking a record high over the last nine years, the government revealed on January 17. Sales of Georgian wine abroad generated $250 million last year, with a total of 441 companies exporting the product to various countries. The figure contrasts with as…
In 2021, 363.5 thousand tons of sugar were produced in Vinnytsia region, compared to 264 thousand tons in the previous season. Last year, 2.4 million tons of sugar beets were harvested in the region, the average yield of which amounted to 494 hundredweights/ha, up by 80.5 hundredweights/ha. Raw materials were processed at five sugar factories:…
In 2021, Ukraine’s fresh apple exports to Ethiopia increased more than six-fold and reached 222 tons. As the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection informed with reference to the EastFruit portal, Ukraine left behind such large apple exporters as Poland, Italy, China, the United States and Serbia in terms of supplies…
Increased electricity bills are eating away at the stocks entrepreneurs have managed to save up during the coronavirus crisis. Bakeries say that rising energy, raw material and labor prices will eventually lead to higher product prices. Sports club and waterpark Reval Sport is on a stock exchange price contract for electricity and board member Aldur…