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Consolidated Unaudited Interim Report of AS PRFoods for the 4th quarter and 12 months of 2024/2025 financial year
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY PRFoods’ fourth quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year has come to an end. We can state that it has been a challenging period due to market volatility and the weak economic environment in Estonia. Estonia’s move into the group of European countries with the highest food VAT strongly affects all food producers and consumption, impacting both sales volumes and consumer demand, as well as increasing the tax burden and budgetary pressures. In the fisheries sector, as is well k
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