In 2023, Russian fishermen caught over 5.3 million mt of fish, marking the highest figure recorded in the past three decades. This announcement was made by Ilya Shestakov, the Head of The Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo). Shestakov emphasized Russia’s commendable level of fish self-sufficiency, which stands at over 150%, indicating the country’s capacity to meet its domestic demand for fish products.
Source: tass.com
In the first eleven months of the previous year, Russia demonstrated significant growth in its seafood exports to China, with figures revealing a remarkable 102% increase in volume. The value of these exports also saw a notable rise of 38%, totaling approximately 1,100,000 mt of seafood valued at $2 billion shipped to China between January and November.
This surge in exports is complemented by a concurrent increase in seafood imports from China to Russia, which grew by 6% to reach 52,000 tonnes during the same period. These imports included squid, tuna, canned products, crustaceans, and shrimp, amounting to a total value of $286 million.
Noteworthy items among Russia’s exports to China include just over half a million tonnes of frozen pollock, 213,000 mt of small pelagics, 111,000 mt of frozen herring, 62,000 mt of fishmeal, and 29,000 mt of frozen cod, further illustrating the depth of trade between the two nations in the seafood sector.
Source: fiskerforum.com
WorldFood Kazakhstan
November 1-3, 2023
Atakent exhibition center, Almaty, Kazakhstan
WorldFood Kazakhstan is a wide-ranging exhibition, showcasing the very best products on Kazakhstan’s food and drink market. The event has become a major meeting place for the industry, welcoming thousands of visitors from Kazakhstan and the wider Central Asian region.
WorldFood Kazakhstan has proved an effective forum for promoting new products, discovering more about the local market and meeting professionals within the industry, including producers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers and restaurateurs.
For more information see: www.worldfood.kz
FOOD & DRINKS Moldova
May 18-21, 2023
MoldExpo, Chisinau, Moldova
The biggest food trade show in Moldova.
For more information see: www.food-drinks.moldexpo.md
WorldFood Ukraine
May 2-4, 2023
IEC (MVTs), 15, Brovarsky Ave., Kyiv, Ukraine
WorldFood Ukraine is the biggest exhibition of food and beverages in Ukraine. That is an annual leading event in the food industry in Ukraine.
For more information see www.worldfood.com.ua
UzFood 2023
March 28-30, 2023
Uzexpocentre NEC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
UzFood 2023, 22nd International Exhibition on Food, Ingredients and Food Technologies, is the key event in the food industry. Every year the exhibition is attended by leading producers, suppliers and distributors of the food industry representing both national and global food markets.The exhibition is annually visited by top managers of the leading companies, importers and distributors. They are given an opportunity to get acquainted with a great variety of food products and equipment, and to find their partners. In 2022, 6457 visits were registered at the exhibition, of which were 4783 were professional visitors from 19 countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, UAE, Poland, Republic of Belarus, Russia, USA, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Switzerland.
For more information see: www.uzfoodexpo.uz
Uzbekistan has simplified the exports of fruits and vegetables for farmers. The President of Uzbekistan signed a corresponding resolution. Under the document, private entrepreneurs received the right to export fruits and vegetables without prepayment, letters of credit, or bank guarantees from November 10, 2022, uzdaily.uz writes.
The President also abolished the requirement for individual entrepreneurs to insure an export contract against political and commercial risks. Recall that the authorities of the city of St. Petersburg (RF) plan to expand trade and economic ties with Uzbekistan, in particular, on the supply of fruits and vegetables. The governor of the city held talks on this and other issues with the head of the MIFT of Uzbekistan, Jamshid Khodjaev.
In turn, supplies of Uzbek fruits and vegetables to the Russian Federation may increase in the future. To this end, the establishment of a network of wholesale distribution centers is being worked out.
Despite the invasion of the Russian occupation troops, the damage to part of the plantations in the central and northern regions of the country, Ukrainian growers increased blueberry exports in 2022 to a record high!
The total export of fresh blueberries from Ukraine in 2022 exceeded 2 500 tonnes, an increase of 1.5 times compared to 2021. The previous record for blueberry exports from Ukraine, reached in 2019, was exceeded by 11%. And this is even though there were no exports of blueberries in 2022 from Ukraine to Belarus, which was one of the main markets for Ukrainian blueberries until 2022.
Poland has traditionally been the main market for blueberries from Ukraine. In 2022, Poland imported 2.2 times more blueberries from Ukraine than in 2021, and the export volume reached 1 350 tonnes per season. Thus, more than 50% of all Ukrainian blueberries were sent to Poland. At the same time, Poland was only a transit point for blueberries from Ukraine to other EU countries, because the export of fresh blueberries from Poland many times exceeds the volume of blueberry exports from Ukraine.
Other major importers of blueberries from Ukraine – the Netherlands, the UK, and Moldova – also sharply increased their import volumes: by 80%, 68%, and 2.4 times, respectively. For the first time, wholesale batches of blueberries from Ukraine also went to Spain, Germany, Georgia, and Finland. However, to countries where blueberries were previously delivered by planes – the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, and Singapore, they were not exported due to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.
Fresh Business Expo 2022
November 29 – December 1, 2022
International Exhibition Centre (IEC), Kyiv, Ukraine
Fresh Business Expo is the leading trade event for all suppliers within the entire spectrum of the Fresh Produce Industry. Fresh Business Expo is an international event that targets Fresh Produce Production, Processing, Storage & Handling Technologies and Produce and Supply in Ukraine and CIS Countries.The exhibition is organized by Nova Exhibitions BV (The Netherlands) and “City of Dreams” Company” LLC (Ukraine).
For more information see: www.freshbusinessexpo.com
According to a statement from the Agriculture Ministry, Ukraine will not face a shortage of potatoes this winter, despite its refusal to import from Russia and Belarus. Ukraine traditionally imports potatoes from these two states, but it has halted all supplies after the Russian invasion. The Ministry said in a statement around 12 million tons of potatoes had already been harvested as of October 25, or 73% of an expected harvest of around 16.6 million tons. It gave no data for the 2021 harvest.
It said the 2022 area sown to potatoes had fallen by 36%, due to hostilities in many regions. Potatoes are the most widely consumed vegetable in Ukraine. Almost all potatoes in Ukraine are harvested by small households.