Kazakhstan: barley exports down in May 2016

In May Kazakhstan exported 6.55 KMT of barley (6.32 KMT in May 2015), 5.8 KMT of which were shipped to Iran. During September-May of the 2015/2016 season barley exports from Kazakhstan reached 792 KMT which was significantly higher than shipments during the same period last season (+79%). During September-May of 2014/2015 MY 442.7 KMT of…

Kazakhstan: state budget revenues up

Revenues of Kazakhstan’s state budget from taxes and payments increased 1.4 times YoY and totaled 2.659 trillion Kazakh tenges in January-May 2016. The main part of the incomes – more than 2.46 trillion tenges – accounted for tax revenues, including 935.08 billion tenges of income tax and 841.42 billion tenges of taxes for commodity and…

Uzbekistan: first international fruit & vegetable fair kicks off in Tashkent

The Metropolitan “Uzexpocenter” saw the opening of the first International fruit and vegetable fair. The main purpose of the event is to raise awareness among the foreign processing and trade companies on the high, unique properties of environmentally friendly, fresh vegetables, fruit, grapes and melons, and finished quality products produced in Uzbekistan, their industrial processing.…