The Uzbek government set new tax rates for property owned by individuals on January1, 2017 under the Presidential Decree ‘On forecasts for major macroeconomic indicators and parameters for state budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2017′. The property tax (residential houses, flats, countryside houses, garages, and other premises) rose from 1.5% to 1.7%, except…
The order “On approval of the wage scale assessment of motor vehicles, applied during the initial registration and re-registration of motor vehicles for 2017”, has come into effect, the State Registration Service reports. The registration fee will increase by 5%. State Registration Service noted that the price of registration of vehicles would only grow. This…
Since January 1, the basic rate of excise duty on tobacco products increases. Kyrgyz President signed the law on March 10, 2015. According to the document, the basic rates of excise duty in Kyrgyzstan will be gradually equalized with the rates in other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. The law also aims at reducing…
90% of the work has been completed at the polyethylene and polypropylene production complex, which is being built in Turkmenistan’s Balkan region. A reservoir park for water, hydrocarbon storage tanks, most of the buildings and facilities have been built. Laying of electrical cable lines, grounding and cathodic protection system continues. About 1,300 employees, as well…
Ukraine’s seaports in 2016 handled 131.99 million tons of cargo, down by 8.9% YoY, reads a report from the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. According to the report, transshipment of exported cargo decreased by 3.3%, to 100.395 million tons, imported cargo by 10.8%, to 16.013 million tons. Transshipment of transit freight fell by 35% and amounted…