Cheese exports from Ukraine in January-March totaled 1,600 tons, down by 14% YoY. The shipments of Ukrainian cheese abroad in monetary terms over the period under review shrank by 19%, to $5,800 million, according to customs statistics reports posted by Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service (SFS) on its website. Cheese imports in Q1 increased by 43%,…
The poultry plant “Hajiqabul Qushchuluq” located in the Hajiqabul district will start exporting eggs to Qatar next week, head of the plant’s export department Akif Aliyev declared. He said that 36,000 eggs would be exported in 1,000 packages. “In the future, we plan to increase these volumes, and the negotiations are underway regarding this,” he…
The import of onions will be exempt from duties in Azerbaijan, and duties will be imposed on the export of cabbages, onions and potatoes, Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev declared during a meeting with entrepreneurs of the burnt down Diglas shopping center in Baku. According to the minister, monitoring is conducted due to an…
Georgia exported about 19.4 million bottles of wine to 37 countries in the first quarter of 2019, up by 10% YoY, announced the Georgian National Wine Agency. Last month Georgia generated $47 million from the sale of wine abroad, up by 16%. The top five countries that imported the most bottles of Georgian wine in…
Significant increase in the production of honey has been observed in Azerbaijan since the Agriculture Ministry granted subsidies to Azerbaijani beekeepers, Head of the Azerbaijan Beekeepers Association Badraddin Hasratov declared. He said that there had been an increase in the number of apiaries among amateur beekeepers. For this year, it is planned to increase production…
Ukraine has increased the export of berries almost 5-fold over the past four years: from 4.5 thousand tons to 23.5 thousand tons, the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry’s press service reported. “Ukrainian fresh berries are exported to Belarus, Poland, Moldova, the UK and the Netherlands. The EU countries have become the largest consumers of frozen…
According to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, margarine exports in January-February totaled 6.235 thousand tons valued at $8.866 million. Margarine imports totaled 2.993 thousand tons at $6.924 million. In 2018, exporters shipped abroad 69.944 thousand tons of margarine ($98.629 million), while imports reached 12.595 thousand tons ($37.166 million worth). (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)