In 2019, enterprises of the Astrakhan region increased vegetable processing by 16% to 378,6 thousand tons.
The growth was achieved mainly due to one of the largest enterprises in Russia LLC APK Astrakhan for the production of tomato concentrate. This was announced by the head of the processing industry department of the regional ministry of agriculture and fishing industry Alexander Nikulin.
“The season of processing vegetable products in the Astrakhan region is over. A total of 378,6 thousand tons of vegetables were processed, which is 16% more than last year. The growth was ensured by the Astrakhan APK plant, this year the enterprise actually reached the planned production capacities and processed 346 thousand tons of products (the production of tomato concentrate increased by 24% compared to last year), ”Nikulin specified.
According to him, in 2020, enterprises in the region intend to continue increasing the volume of vegetable processing. In addition, APK Astrakhan LLC plans to begin exporting its products to the international market. Nikulin noted that the plant’s products are of high quality, so many have already refused to buy, for example, Chinese tomato paste and switched to Astrakhan.
There are 14 vegetable processing enterprises in the Astrakhan region. Moreover, over the past six years, vegetable processing has increased by more than eight times.
APK Astrakhan LLC was launched in September 2016. The company intends to occupy more than 40% of the Russian tomato paste market, which is mainly imported from abroad.
Agriculture is one of the strategic sectors of the Astrakhan region. The leading position in the agricultural sector is maintained by the crop industry. In 2018, local farmers harvested about 2 million tons of melons, potatoes and vegetables.
Source: http://mcx.ru/