Belarus posts increase in groats production

An increase of 3.5% was seen in the production of Belarus groats products, the grain products department of Belarus said.

During the five months of 2010, organisations of the department produced 16 thousand tonnes of groats, down 0.2% compared to the level of January-May 2009. In particular, the organisations produced 3.8 thousand tonnes of pearl barley (down 17% compared to January-May 2009), 1.9 thousand tonnes of peeled barley (down 46.8%) and 1.3 thousand tonnes of oat groats (down 31%).

At the same time, during the reporting period, the enterprises increased production volumes of wheat groats by 37% to the level of 2.5 thousand tonnes, including also two thousand tonnes of semolina groats, buckwheat groats, up 36% to five thousand tonnes.