Economy

Chinese delegation to evaluate Lithuania’s readiness to export cattle

A delegation of experts from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People’s Republic of China will be visiting Lithuania for two weeks starting Tuesday. They will evaluate how animal health, wellbeing and serious transmissible diseases are controlled in Lithuania. One of the key goals of the visit is to begin exporting cattle from Lithuania to China. […]

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Belarus bans re-export of Estonian and Latvian canned fish to Russia

Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry announced on Friday that it banned re-export of canned fish from Latvia and Estonia to Russia, Postimees Online reports. […]

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Economy

Lithuania is negotiating with Japan over export of beef

It should become clear in the nearest future if beef from Lithuania may be exported to Japan. Japanese experts are scheduled to visit Lithuania in early May to ascertain that Lithuanian livestock is healthy and meat is of high quality. The State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) started cooperating with Japanese institutions last year, looking for new markets for the country’s food product exporters. […]

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Economy

Lithuanian producers say they are disadvantaged by UK’s traffic light nutrition labelling

Lithuanian producers are concerned about the United Kingdom‘s nutrition labelling system which uses the colours of traffic lights. Most traditional Lithuanian goods, cheese, ham, honey and jam, will be marked in red despite being made of natural ingredients. […]

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Economy

Poultry consumption in Lithuania doubled over decade

An average Lithuanian consumes around 25 kilograms of poultry annually, while the rate a decade ago stood at 12 kilograms. Global trends indicate that poultry consumption continues to grow steadily. […]