June 6, 2013

Belarus is interested in establishing joint ventures with Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation to process meat and milk.

This was announced by Agriculture and Food Minister of Belarus Leonid Zayats at the international exhibition Belagro 2013 that opened in Minsk on June 4.

"We understand what Krasnodar Krai is and how we can benefit from agricultural cooperation with it. Our products are very popular in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and non-CIS states and we would like to promote them on this market. We would like to sell our produce in this region by means of establishing joint ventures to process meat and milk to be able to offer a broad variety of dairy products to international customers. We are interested in using Belarusian technologies and Belarusian raw materials," the Agriculture and Food Minister said.

As for the products made in Krasnodar Krai, the Belarusian side is mostly interested in raw materials for the compound feed industry, oil cakes, and wheat for macaroni.