BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/01/2007

Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine and Azerbaijan will simplify the produce export-import operations

According to information provided by BELTA agency, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine and Azerbaijan plan to sign the intergovernmental agreement in order to simplify the process of produce movements through the territory of these states. The correspondent of BELTA was told that the Government of Moldova made a decision to start the negotiations on signing the mentioned agreement. The memorandum to the draft agreement says that huge volumes of the produce import, export and transit through the mentioned states preconditioned the creation of this document. Also, this agreement will strengthen the trade-economic relations between the countries.

New agreement is likely to let the producers deliver and receive a number of vegetable crops through the simplified procedure and in the extraordinary regime. The mentioned vegetables are potato, cabbage, lettuce, carrot, tomatoes, onion, garlic, hot pepper, and also mushroom. The mentioned fruits and berries are peach, sour cherry, sweet cherry, plum, kiwi, tangerine, orange, strawberry and raspberry.

According to information provided by "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" journal, specialized weekly periodical of the produce business, if the agreement is signed, the produce trade volumes can considerably grow. The climatic conditions differ much in the mentioned countries; this fact creates numerous opportunities for the trade exchange of the fruit and vegetable shipments. Taking into account the efficient ban for the supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables from Moldova to the Russian Federation market, this agreement is able to improve the assess of Moldavian produce to Ukrainian and Belarusian markets. Thanks to the new agreement Azerbaijan will be able to increase the supplies of early vegetables, fruits, berries and fresh herbs to the markets of the mentioned countries.Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine and Azerbaijan will simplify the produce export-import operations

Source:

http://www.lol.org.ua/eng/showart.php?id=42687