Ukraine: Domestic malt producers slowed down in April
According to April 2006 operative statistics, Ukrainian malt manufacturers have produced by April 2006 33.7 thousand tons of malt, which is 2% lower than the level of production attended in March, APK-Inform announced May 29.
Ukrainian Goskomstat provided that compared to April 2005, malt production has increased by 5.8 thousand tons (21 %).
Rests deriving from malt processing have made 67.1 thousand tons by the end of April, which is 9% less than the levels assessed by the end of last March.
According to the 2005/06 first 10 months official results, Ukrainian malt production totalled 315.4 thousand tons against 250 thousand tons during the 2004/05 similar period.
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