The commercial court in Odessa region has declared public joint-stock company Odessa combined heat and power plant (CHPP) bankrupt and launched a liquidation procedure for the period of 12 months. The company reported in the information disclosure system of the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market on Tuesday that the court made the…
On December 8-15, CBOT corn prices strengthened by 0.8%. Last week US corn export prices (January delivery) strengthened by $2/MT, while Argentinean and Ukrainian corn supply prices remained unchanged. Ethanol market still supported CBOT prices, particularly the data on record ethanol exports in October, as well as high US corn contracting pace, which exceeded market…
Bunge Company intends to increase its presence in Turkey’s vegoils market, having bought shares of the producing company called Ana Gida Ihtiyac Maddeleri ve Sanayi Ticaret. 55.25% of the shares will be bought out from Ana Gida, and the remainder – 44.75% – from Seef Foods. As of today, Ana Gida owns the Komili trademark,…
In January-November the average selling prices of agricultural enterprises for agrarian products increased by 9.3% YoY, the press-service of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine declared. In particular, in the reporting period the average prices for plant growing commodities grew by 19.2%, and the prices for livestock commodities – by 0.7%. In November the average…
In Q3 Riga was the only Baltic capital where housing affordability had improved in comparison with the same period of 2015. Growth of average net wages and decline of interest rates contributed to the improvement of housing affordability. Affordability in Tallinn has become somewhat worse under influence from higher interest rates. Housing affordability in Vilnius…
On December 20, Riga Freeport Authority approved of the budget for 2017 in accordance with goals listed in Development program 2009-2018. Planning the next year’s budget revenue section, participants of the meeting took into account the cautious cargo turnover outlook, which was based on cargo turnover plans submitted by stevedore companies. It is predicted that…
Starting from 2017, micro-enterprise tax rate in Latvia will be 15% of turnover. At the same time, the government has decided to cancel the introduction of minimal social insurance fees. This is provided by amendments to Micro-enterprise Tax Law and State Social Insurance Law approved by the Saeima. Micro-enterprise Tax Law was added with a…