Turkey expects the first branch of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway to be commissioned in early 2017, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey Ahmet Arslan said. He said that the second branch of the BTK railway would be commissioned during 2017. “The BTK project is on the last stage of its implementation”, the…
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of November 17, 416.7 thousand ha of corn were threshed, which was 98.6% of the plan (423 thousand ha). 2201 KMT were harvested with the average yield of 5.28 MT/ha. Pace of harvesting is 2.5% higher than in 2015. On the reporting date, average corn yield is 3.7%…
It is projected to build a plant for refining and deodorization of vegetable oils. The project will be implemented by Oil Partner on the premises of a complex of nonresidential buildings. The municipal authorities of Vinnytsya have already issued relevant permit to design the reconstruction. Design documentation will shortly be worked out and approved in…
Belarus’ GDP may drop by 2.5-2.6% in 2016 due to the ongoing oil dispute with Russia, Belarus’ Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky said. Belarus’ government had planned to achieve a slight YoY GDP growth in 2016 (official forecast – 0.3%). Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko said in November that the country’ GDP would reduce by at least…
Belarus and Azerbaijan are analyzing the prospects of joint production of carpets and cotton fabrics, the Belarusian President’s press-service said in a statement following President Alexander Lukashenko’s talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. “In my opinion, Azerbaijan did the right thing when it decided to develop its cotton growing industry. Output figures will rise so…
The Belarusian-French interregional business forum takes place in Minsk on November 30 – December 1, according to the official website of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The event marks the 40th anniversary of establishing twinning relations between Minsk and Lyon. The business forum has been organized following the agreements reached at the second…
The corporation Agroprodservice put into operation a plant for soybeans processing in Ternopil region, the press-service of the company declared. According to the announcement, the capacities of soybean processing are planned at the level of more than 35 thousand tons per year, the production volumes of high-caloric soybean cake – almost 30 thousand tons, crude…