Europe Agri articles from May 2005

Europe Agri archives from May 2005

ITALY HONEY IMPORTS UP 6.4% IN 2004.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2005... Rome, May 3 - Italian imports of honey rose by 6.4% in 2004 to a total of 15,368 tonnes, worth some euro 33 million ($42.3 million), according to Italian beekeepers' association FAI. Some 75,000 beekeepers operated in Italy in 2004 and produced...

INTERNATIONAL RETAILERS SET TO ENTER BULGARIA.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2005... Large-scale international food retailers and commercial goods chains are preparing to enter Bulgaria, according to news reports. German retailers Kaufland and Lidl, Austria's Penny Market and bauMax, the Lithuanian VP Market and the Ikea of...

NETHERLANDS SEES THE NUMBER OF GROCERY SHOPS DROP BY HALF SINCE 1994.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2005... The number of grocery shops in the Netherlands decreased to 1,625 in 2004 compared to 3,070 specialty vegetable shops in 1994, the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said on May 2. The number of butcher's shops also fell to 2,960 from...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2005.
May 4, 2005... May 8-10 Luxembourg - Informal Farm and Fisheries Council 10 Ghent, Belgium - "56th International Symposium on Crop Protection". The symposium will focus on new developments in all aspects of crop protection. http://www.iscp.ugent.be/...

GERMANY'S SUEDZUCKER TO FOCUS ON SPECIALTY PRODUCTION.(Brief Article)
May 26, 2005... German sugar producer Suedzucker is gradually transferring its focus from sugar to other food specialties in order to avoid drops in its traditional sugar production, the company revealed in its report of results from fiscal 2004/05, published...

BIDDERS RAISE THEIR OFFERS FOR POLISH DISTILLERY.(Sobieski Dystrybucja, Polmos Lublin and Central European Distribution Corp. plan to acquire Polmos Bialystok)(Brief Article)
May 26, 2005... All three companies bidding for a majority stake in Poland's leading distillery Polmos Bialystok have raised their offers, the Polish government said on May 25. The three companies that have placed binding bids for a 61% stake in Bialystok are...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2005.(Calendar)
May 26, 2005... May 30 Brussels, Belgium - Farm and Fisheries Council June 20-21 Luxembourg - Farm and Fisheries Council July 1-3 Athens, Greece - "IGBF 2": 2nd International Forum on biotechnology, organised by Europabio, the European...