site.btaUPDATED PM Radev Calls for More Agricultural Processing Plants, Value-Added Exports

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Friday he wanted to see more processing plants in Bulgaria and a shift away from exporting mainly raw agricultural products such as grain and sunflower. Speaking at the opening of new production facilities for sunflower processing, sunflower oil and sunflower meal at a plant in Dobrich’s Riltsi district, he said Bulgaria should increasingly export finished, value-added products so that more of the economic benefit remained in the country.

Radev stressed the importance of developing Bulgarian agriculture and the food-processing industry.

Rumen Radev said the development of such production facilities demonstrated that Bulgarian agriculture could be an innovative and progressive sector and that the processing industry could compete with leading companies worldwide. Radev wished the management and employees success and stressed the importance of creating opportunities for young people to build their careers in Bulgaria.

The event was also attended by Agriculture and Food Minister Plamen Abrovski, Dobrich Regional Governor Ruslan Tomov and Deputy Regional Governor Abil Abil.