In the first 5 months of 2019 Azerbaijan imported 551.1 thousand tons of wheat, up by 14.6% YoY, reported the State Customs Committee. Imports in monetary terms increased even more significantly – by 47.9%, to $124.5 million. Moreover, in January-May the imports of sugar increased to 136.1 thousand tons (up 6.2-fold) at $51.158 million (up…
During the first half of 2019, MHP poultry exports increased by 43% YoY and reached 190.5 thousand tons. “MHP continued to follow a strategy of both geographic diversification and of a product mix optimization building-up the export volumes of chicken meat across the MENA, the EU, Africa and Asia. Total poultry exports in H1 constituted…
Sowing sugar beets is underway at 17,900-hectare-plots in Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection reported. Some 224,000 tons of sugar beets are harvested in average per year. The annual sugar production plan in the country is more than 10,000 tons. The sowing process usually starts in the middle of May. The crops will…
Azerbaijan strives to increase agricultural production not only to meet local demand, but also to get broader access to foreign markets. In this regard, the country strengthens its efforts to support the activities of people engaged in agricultural production. To this end, Azerbaijan established the State Agro Trade Company under the Ministry of Agriculture last…
Ukrainian farmers in 20 regions have thrashed 6.1 million tons of grain crops from an area of 1.9 million hectares, the press service of the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine reports. “As of July 2, Ukrainian farmers in 20 regions started harvesting early grain crops. In total, 6.1 million tons of grain crops…
In January-May Ukraine shipped 4.6 million tons of wheat to foreign markets valued at $974 million, reported the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. Also, in the reporting period Ukraine supplied 373 thousand tons of barley to foreign markets for $77 million and 81 thousand tons of rye for $1.2 million. According to the State Fiscal…
The harvesting campaign for early grain crops has started in eight regions of Ukraine, the press service of the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine has reported. “As of June 25, farmers in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad and Poltava regions have started harvesting early grain crops. In total, 1.6 million tons…