Georgia exported about 12.2 million bottles of wine to 32 countries in January-February, up by 13% YoY, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency. In February Georgia generated $30 million from the sale of wine abroad, up by 21%. The top five countries that imported the most bottles of Georgian wine in January-February were: Russia –…
An international wine competition judged exclusively by Japanese female wine specialists has awarded Georgian wine the competition’s highest award, the Diamond Trophy. The winner of the sixth Sakura competition highest award was a Kisi 2017 of the wine company Vaziani Winery. Kisi 2017 was also the winner of the Double Gold award in the Sakura…
Prices of vegetables comprising the so-called borsch kit have decreased in Ukraine. As of early March, the cost of most winter vegetables is lower than last year. Prices for carrots on wholesale markets fell by 6%, beets by 15%, and potatoes by almost 20% over the last week of February. However, the prices of onions…
The Uzbek-Egyptian business forum was held on March 1, in Tashkent during the visit of Egyptian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt, Ahmed Taha Boraya. The event was attended by representatives of business circles of the two countries: officials of more than 40 Egyptian companies, such as “Techno Marble”, “El-Garhy…
Uzbekistan’s government has approved regulations on the export of fruits and vegetables, the Ministry of Justice reported. In accordance with the document, entrepreneurs have the right to export fruit and vegetables without a license for wholesale trade, and taxation is applied to their revenues, providing for a single tax payment. The export of fruit can…
Sugar production in Ukraine in the 2019-2020 marketing year (MY, September 2019 – August 2020) could be reduced by 22% compared with the previous marketing year. The fall to 1.4 million tons is expected, as reported by the press service of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine “Ukrtsukor” with reference to a head…
Kyrgyzstan exports only honey, dried fruit and beans to Europe, Erkinbek Choduev, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation of Kyrgyzstan, announced at a meeting of the Parliament. MP Talaibek Masabirov asked what kind of agricultural products Kyrgyzstan exported to EU countries and whether they were organic. Erkinbek Choduev replied that dried fruit…