Uzbekistan signed 270 contracts on the export of fruit and vegetables valued at $2 billion during the First international fruit and vegetable fair in Tashkent on July 12-16. Uzbekoziqovqatholding said that some 27% of the total volume of products for exports would account for vegetables, 25% for grapes, 20% for fruit, 17.6% for dried and…
Uzbekistan called Tajikistan to address the complex problems with the energy supply of the country through the construction of small and medium-sized hydropower plants. This was noted in the letter of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda. The letter said:…
On July 19, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade of Uzbekistan hosted a meeting with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic of Korea to Uzbekistan Kwon Yong Woo. During the meeting, the sides discussed current status and prospects of bilateral trade-economic, investment, financial and technical cooperation. Particular attention was…
The UNDP and Kazakhstan Government plan to launch an emissions abatement project in 15 cities, according to the Advisor to the UNDP Permanent Representative in Kazakhstan Irina Goryunova. “The UNDP together with the Kazakh Government is implementing now a project named ‘Sustainable Cities for Low Carbon Development’ aimed at development and holding activities in various…
As of July 19, agrarians harvested 17.962 million tons of early grains and pulses throughout the areas of 4.991 million ha, or 52% of the plan (9.6 million ha, according to estimations). The average yield totaled 3.6 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 13.535 million tons of grains…
Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure has approved a 75%-discount for the oil transiting tankers that enter the Yuzhne port, and for the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline. The decision creates favorable terms for oil transiting using the Odessa-Brody pipeline. “The Tariffs Committee of Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry granted Ukrtransnafta’s appeal to set the economically favorable tariffs for port duties…
In the current year the general grain harvest in Ukraine will exceed 60 million tons, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Yaroslav Krasnopolskiy declared. According to him, agrarians managed to produce a rather good harvest, and the general production volumes will exceed the level of 60 million tons for the…