Ukraine: NBU assets up H1 2016

The Statement of Financial Position of the central bank suggest that in January-June the National Bank of Ukraine’s assets increased slightly by 24.8 billion UAH, or by 3% YoY, to 874 billion UAH. “On the asset side of the balance sheet, the largest increase was recorded for item “Ukraine’s International Reserves” (foreign securities, SDR holdings,…

Tajikistan: $2.877 billion in FDI attracted

Tajikistan attracted $6.663 billion in foreign investments in 2007-2015, according to the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest). A totaled reportedly included $2.877 billion attracted in foreign direct investment (FDI), $3.785 billion of loans attracted by enterprises and organizations, and $1.8 billion of portfolio investment (portfolio investments include transactions in equity securities,…

Russia: 1.2 million tons of grains exported

Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, and as of July 20, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 1.2 million tons, down by 7.4% compared with the same period last season (1.3 million tons), the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared. According to the announcement, the wheat volumes formed 835.7 thousand tons…