Macedonia Seeks New Markets for Surplus Wine
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The country will try to find a way out of this situation as early as this week by exporting wine to new markets, like the Ukraine, Belarus and other former Soviet republics, Macedonian agriculture minister Ljupco Dimovski told the Dnevnik newspaper.
“Now we are talking about the sale of wine on tap, about which we think that – considering its quality as a Macedonian brand and a recognisable Macedonian product, we will be able to open the doors of the so-called third markets,” Dimovski explained.
In these places, the introduction of Macedonian wine has to be done through diplomacy.
Winery owners propsed to the government to enter a barter agreement with the Ukraine, from which Macedonia is planning to purchase buses at an estimated worth of 50 million euros. A part of our wine can be exported for the needs of the Ukraine, Zoran Danevski, owner of the Dzhumalia winery, told the publication.
Winemakers believe that a key role in Macedonia’s break into new markets will be played by the Macedonian ambassador to the Ukraine, Atso Spasenoski. In this way, they say, the benefit will be both for them and for the state.
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