Lenders in Estonia are continuing to build a common positive credit rating register to enable banks and creditors assess the ability of upcoming clients to repay their debts. “Things are currently in the programming phase”, Alar Jager, development director at AS Creditinfo explained. “This is a project with an open deadline, so to speak, because…
Over the first nine months of 2016 purchase prices have slightly recovered with farmers being able to sell milk 2.5% higher and pork – 9% higher, the Estonian Rural Affairs Ministry found in a survey. The ministry’s Deputy Secretary General for Agricultural and Rural Life Policies Marko Goran evaluates: “The low ebb of the milk…
Overnight into December 21, the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) passed the state budget for 2017. Fiscal revenues for 2017 are envisaged at 721.4 billion UAH and expenditures at 790.4 billion UAH. The budget deficit was set at 77.5 billion UAH. The following macroeconomic indicators are proposed for 2017: GDP growth at 3-4%; inflation at 8.1%; forecast…
Freeport of Riga Authority says 33.3 million tons of cargo was handled at Riga port during 11 months of the current year, down by 8.6% YoY, while total cargo turnover decrease compared to last year continues to decline. November has been successful for the port of Riga in coal segment – 1.1 million tons of…
As the year comes closer to its end, residents become more and more positive. Compared with October, residents’ overall prediction for the future has improved by three points. Optimistic changes are also noted in general expectations, which have improved by two points. Last month residents’ criticisms were fairly rough on nearly all positions. The biggest…
In October Kazakhstan continued exporting flour at the fastest pace in five years. 248.1 KMT of flour was supplied to foreign markets, up by 33% YoY. For the two months of the season, Kazakh exporters built up flour deliveries by 27% to 425.1 KMT against 335.2 KMT in the same period in MY 2015/2016. Afghanistan…
Ukraine’s crushers have substantially boosted sunoil output this season (2016/2017). Sunoil production has been showing a record fast pace for a third consecutive month now, hitting new highs every month. Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced unprecedented 529 KMT of sunoil in November compared to 515.7 KMT in October and 353 KMT in November 2015.…