The southern region of Kazakhstan started harvesting grain crops. According to the regional agricultural departments, as of July 12, agrarians harvested grains throughout 83.2 thousand ha, or 9.3% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians harvested 167 thousand tons of grains, with…
Slovakia’s Nafta with facilities able to store 2.74 billion cubic meters of natural gas and developing gas fields near the border with Ukraine has acquired 50% of the Uzhgorod gas field for 1.5 million euro from U.S. Cub Energy Inc. with assets in Ukraine. Cub Energy said in a report that Nafta International B.V. (the…
Russia bans import of sour cherry and cherry from Afghanistan and peaches and nectarines from Somali because of suspected smuggling of such products, the Russian veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said. Temporary restrictions are introduced on import of such products to Russia through third countries as well. Measures are taken in connection with deliveries of…
In January-June the seaports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 29.4% YoY, to 12.1 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. At the same time some increasing of mineral fertilizers shipment by 9.9%, to 8.5 million tons, was observed. The general cargo turnover in the Russian…
Imposition of the quotas on grain exports from Russia looks more preferential compared with current usage of the export duties, however realization of the reporting mechanism has some restrictions due to the Russian Federation’s obligations under the WTO, declared the Head of the Department for Control over Chemical Industry and Agro-industrial Complex at the Federal…
Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov instructed state agencies to provide Bishkek HPP with local coal, the department of information support of the government reported. Sooronbay Jeenbekov chaired a meeting on providing capital with local district heating coal at the end of its modernization. “In the autumn-winter season of 2016/2017 the Bishkek HPP will use 450 tons…
Precious metal and textile production in Kyrgyzstan decreased by more than a third since the beginning of the year, Deputy Chairman of the National Statistics Committee of KR Lyuksina Tekeeva reported. According to her, the decline in production in the industry continues. For example, the production of clothing fell by 24.2%, non-metallic mineral products –…