BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

28/10/2008

Belarus: production of tinned fruits and vegetables to double

During 9 months of the current year, production volume of tinned products in the up-to-date packing increased by 1.7 times as compared to the same period of the last year, reported Zoya Peresyatnik, the production manager of canning department of "Belgofoodprom".

136.5 mln of conditional jars in up-to-date packing were produced that is 60% from production volumes of tinned products.

During the reporting period, volume of children's food production totaled 12.3 mln conditional jars that is 2.1 up as compared to the same period of the previous year, at that, 98.5% from the whole volume was produced in the up-to-date packing. At the moment plan on annual production of children's food is completed in 95.7%.

In general, during the reporting period, tinned food factories of all property categories produced 230.1 mln of conditional jars of canned fruit and vegetable produce that is up 27.8% as compared to the same period of the last year. Plan on annual production is completed in 57%. 677 tonnes of juice concentrates were produced, up 5 times compared to the period of January-September 2007.

Special emphasis is laid on imports-substituting produce such as tinned and pickled cucumbers and tomatoes, green peas, sauces, ketchup and juices. During the reporting period, 196.8 mln conditional jars were produced that is 1.4 times up as compared to the same period of the last year. Production of tinned green peas increased by 1.3 times, gherkin-cucumbers - by 1.7 times, tomatoes - by 2 times, ketchups - by 1.3 times, tinned fruits and vegetables - by 1.4 times, asparagus - by 1.9 times.

To provide stable functioning of tinned food factories, enterprises purchased 33.800 tonnes of raw material (95.1 % from the plan), 54.500 tonnes of fruit and vegetable raw material (91.5% from the plan). Purchasing of raw material is in progress at the moment, that way, planned volumes will be overfulfiled.

Source:

http://www.lol.org.ua/eng/showart.php?id=65523

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