BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/03/2007

Belarus: domestic cucumbers in retail already

Warsaw - The greenhouse complex "Bereste" hopes to place 300 MT of domestic cucumbers in Brest region retail during March. According to the director of the enterprise, Nikolai Dolbik, company produced 60 MT of cucumbers in February already. The wholesale price of cucumbers at the beginning of March was 4900 BYR/kg (around 1,73 ?/kg). The greenhouse complex "Bereste" wants to sell - taking into account potential export to Russia - 3000 MT of cucumbers in 2007.

The company also exports tomatoes to Russia. The total production of the enterprise is around 5000 MT per year. Deliveries of cucumbers and tomatoes to Russia should start from April 2007. The total acreage of production under cover in the "Bereste" complex amounts to 16 hectares, including 6 hectares of modern greenhouses completed in 2006. The enterprise was formed in 1987 and it specializes in the production of vegetables under cover - cucumbers (Marinda variety from Seminis Seeds) and tomatoes (Raissa variety, also from Seminis Seeds). Lettuce, dill, parsley, roses, and sweet pepper (in the summer period) are also grown, but in smaller quantities.

Source:

http://www.freshplaza.com/2007/0305/1-7_by_cucumber.htm