BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

12/01/2007

Belarus: fruit and vegetable processing companies to be reconstructed by 2010

Warsaw - In the next five years, about 15 fruit and vegetable processing companies will be re-equipped and reconstructed in this Belarus. The modernization will allow the companies to expand their product range, increase the number of import-substituting products, enhance the quality and competitive power of national fruit and vegetable cans. The production capacity of these companies will increase to 409 million cans in 2010 and up to 71% of the goods will be produced in modern packagings.

The production of canned green peas is expected to double: from 24 million cans in 2005 to 45,5 million in 2010. It will completely satisfy the Belarus demand for these products (20-22 million cans). The production of canned and pickled tomatoes will grow more than 1,5 times, canned mushrooms, beans, tomato sauce and ketchup - two times.

Due to the reconstruction, the national companies will increase their sales volumes of canned fruits and vegetables on the external market. For example, in 2010 around 77 million cans of these products are expected to be exported.

Source:

http://www.freshplaza.com/2007/0112/1-7_bl_processing.htm