Astarta is reporting on completion of sale of its two sugar plants in Kharkiv region – Savynskiy and Novoivanivskiy. As previously communicated, the company’s management was focusing on improving the profitability of the sugar segment and optimizing the corresponding asset base by concentrating production on its core sugar mills in 2020. Since Kharkiv region does…
Over the past five years, Ukraine’s coffee imports have grown by 63%. In 2020, they reached 48.4 thousand tons for a total amount of $166.1 million, according to the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association (UCAB). About 51% of coffee is imported unroasted and processed already in Ukraine. The main suppliers of coffee to Ukraine are European…
In 2020, Ukraine increased exports of vegetable and animal fats by 22% and remained the largest sunflower oil exporter to the European Union. “As for vegetable and animal fats, Ukraine increased exports of these products by 22%. This growth was achieved primarily due to the growth of sunflower production, domestic processing and increased sales of…
The Ukrainian Stock Breeders Association says the prices of dairy products in Ukraine have been at the peak since September 2020, and the trend will continue for at least the entire first quarter. A number of factors caused such a situation. The major one is a poor harvest of the crops included in the cows’…
The Fisheries Committee has been created under the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources. The ministry noted that the creation of the committee would promote effective implementation of the recently adopted Fisheries Development Program until 2030 and would increase the volume of fish farming and export of fish products. Kazakhstan is planning to be…
Sugar refineries have produced 981,900 tons of sugar since the beginning of the sugar-making season, which started on September 5 with the launch of the Radekhiv sugar refinery. This was reported by the press service of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (NASU) Ukrtsukor. “As of December 22, some 981,900 tons of sugar…
Prices of pork have dropped significantly in Ukrainian markets and stores, according to the All-Ukrainian Association of Importers of Meat and Meat Products. Noteworthy, prices of meat traditionally go up on the eve of the New Year holidays. The current situation may be caused by an increase in relevant imports this year, it said. A…