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UKRSPYRT TO DELIVER 300,000 DAL OF SPIRIT TO GEORGIA BY OCTOBER 2015

7 July , 2015  

KYIV. July 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – State enterprise Ukrspyrt plans to deliver 300,000 decaliters (dal) of molasses alcohol to Georgia by the end of September 2015.

According to a press release issued by the state-owned enterprise, Borschevsky distillery, which produces molasses alcohol for exports to Georgia, started operating in Ternopil region on June 20.

According to Ukrspyrt Acting Director Roman Ivaniuk, the approximate volume of alcohol for exports, according to the signed contract, is currently 300,000 dal.

“The next priority alcohol exports destinations are Austria, Poland and Bulgaria. The work is at the stage of signing contracts,” the company said.

As reported, Ukrspyrt plans by to export 2 million dal of spirit by the end of 2015.

Ukrspyrt is subordinated to the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food. In 2014, Ukrspyrt plants produced about 15 million decaliters of alcohol. The entire volume was sold in the domestic market.