Georgia exported 5.3 million bottles of wine to 35 countries in January, up by 51% YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection announced on February 8. The exports generated $11.6 million from the sale of wine abroad in January, marking an increase of 43%, according to data from the state body. The volume of…
In recent months a very dangerous trend has been observed with Latvia’s dairy industry. Since September 2021 there has been a clear difference between the highest and lowest milk procurement price for dairy farmers and milk producers, as reported by the chairman of the board of Association of Agricultural Statutory Societies Kaspars Melnis. With reference…
In 2021, supplies of raw milk to processing enterprises in Ukraine decreased by 8.9% YoY, to 3.20 million tons. In particular, 2.48 million tons of milk were purchased from agricultural enterprises (-3.1%) and 554 thousand tons were obtained from households (-24.4%). In 2021, processing enterprises received the largest supplies of raw milk from agricultural enterprises…
Ukraine imported $8.2 billion worth of agricultural products in 2021, up by 19% YoY. This information was provided by Mykola Puhachov, deputy director of the National Scientific Centre “Institute of Agrarian Economics (IAE)” with reference to the State Customs Service. In 2021, the EU countries remained the main supplier of agricultural products to Ukraine. The…
A batch of 1,200 bottles of Lithuanian rum sold out in less than an hour after hitting the shelves of the state-run Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corp. (TTL) on February 1. At the beginning of the year, Taiwan bought a shipment of 20,400 bottles of Lithuanian rum that was blocked by Chinese customs. In January,…
In July-December 2021-2022 MY, Ukraine exported record 15.9 million tons of wheat, up by 27% YoY. Traditionally, North Africa (24%), Middle East (24%) and Southeastern Asia (23%) were the leading importers of Ukrainian wheat. Particularly, the shipments to Southeastern Asia remained virtually unchanged at 3.7 million tons, supplies to North Africa increased by 20%, to…
In 2021, exports of Ukrainian agri-food products to the European Union in monetary terms increased by 33% YoY and reached $8.3 billion, the Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business (UCAB) reported. The growth is partly due to the increase in the cost of most categories of goods on the world market and partly – due to…