Prime Minister Askar Mamin has chaired a meeting to discuss the development of cattle breeding in the country. Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov reported on measures taken to increase the number of cattle and beef production as well as regions’ potential for the development of beef cattle breeding. According to preliminary data, in 2019 gross…
The State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine says Ukrainian enterprises in January-November 2019 boosted frozen sea fish output by 19.7% YoY, to 9,285 tons. Over the period under review, the rise in production of fish products was also observed with regard to other commodity items, the agency’s press service said, referring to the State Statistics…
Ukraine plans to export 54 million tons of grain in the current marketing year, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine has reported. “According to the ministry’s estimates, this year’s grain harvest amounted to about 75 million tons, 54 million tons of which will be exported to foreign…
In 2019-2020 MY Ukraine produced 1.48 million tons of sugar, down by 19% YoY. “In total, there were 33 sugar refineries in operation, which processed 9.84 million tons of sugar beet – almost a third less than in the previous year. As we can see, a significant reduction in the amount of raw materials caused…
From April 1 Uzbekistan will impose a ban on the imports of non-enriched flour to the country. From April 1 Uzbekistan will import only 1-grade wheat flour enriched with micronutrients. The share of wheat flour enriched with micronutrients forms 30% of the general volume of all varieties of flour produced and imported by Uzbekistan. Nearly…
Ukraine in 2019 updated its historical record for banana imports, having purchased about 275,000 tons, up by 8-9% YoY. Experts say a record volume of banana imports to Ukraine has been observed against the background of growing output of Ukrainian fruit and berries and a decreased number consumers due to loss of control over the…
Ukrainian farmers in Ternopil region gathered a record amount of grain crops in 2019, the head of the regional department of agribusiness, Volodymyr Stakhiv reported. “Farmers in Ternopil region collected a record amount of grain in recent years. In 2019 they threshed about 2.7 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, up by 148.2 thousand…