Belarus may start selling beef to China in Q1 2017, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats reported. The official noted that four Belarusian meat-processing companies had been reviewed and certified by Chinese experts. Another nine are willing to go through the same procedure. The Chinese side spoke in glowing terms about industrial standards of…
Ukraine in January through October 2016 exported $4.5 million worth of Christmas decoration to 25 countries, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine’s Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska has said. She wrote on her Facebook page on December 31, 2016 that 90.6% of exported Christmas decoration was made of glass. “The main market is the…
The Council of Ministers of Belarus issued resolution No. 1094 on December 28, 2016 to enact the medium-term financial program of the central state budget for 2017-2019, the press service of the Belarusian government reported. The document stipulates a number of key economic indicators as well as social and economic development targets for the next…
Kazakhstan ratified double taxation convention with Slovenia on December 30, 2016. President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the RoK Law “On ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on…
Ukraine has entered 2017 with natural gas stocks in its underground storage facilities being 11.993 billion cubic meters, public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz has reported. Gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities have declined by 18.6% since October 13, 2016 when the current heating season began, through December 31, 2016. Current stocks are down by 14.3%…