BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 17
By Matanat Nasibova – Trend:
Azerbaijan's largest producer of canned goods Sabirabad Canning OJSC plans to export pomegranate juice to Central Asia, a source in the company told Trend.
“Currently, negotiations are underway regarding supplies to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. In this regard, the company is increasing production volumes of this product. In addition to pomegranate juice, the export share includes narsharab (pomegranate sauce) and minimal volumes of aseptic pomegranate concentrate,” the source noted.
“The production volume was about 12 million bottles for 2019. This year, it is planned to increase the volume to 13 million bottles,” the source said adding that the indicator was about 11 million bottles for 2018.
The large part of products is exported, and a small part is sold domestically, the source said.
The company's products have a Certificate of Conformity issued by Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patents.
The factory, which has been operating since 1982, uses Italian and Moldovan equipment for the production.
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