Kazakhstan: wheat bran exports going up

In the current season of 2016/2017 Kazakh exporters continued building up wheat bran shipments to foreign markets. Kazakhstan exported 60.6 KMT of wheat bran in the first three months of the season (September-November 2016), up by 66% YoY (36.5 KMT). Uzbekistan remains the key importer of Kazakh wheat bran – the country absorbed over 78%…

Ukraine: Boryspil airport fined for abuse of monopoly

Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee has fined the Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv) for abuse of monopoly on the specialized airport service market. “We have finished hearing a case about abuse of monopoly by the Boryspil International Airport on the specialized airport service market. We fined the airport UAH 12.78 million,” authorized official of Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee Ahiya…

Georgia: Central Bank increases key rate

The National Bank of Georgia increased its key rate by 25 base points to 6.75% and announced further “gradual” tightening of the monetary policy in the course of the next two quarters. NBG said in a statement that “the decision is based on macroeconomic forecasts,” according to which, NBG expected that this year’s inflation rate…

Uzbekistan: trade with Afghanistan to increase

On January 24, the government delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held a meeting with senior Advisor to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on economic issues Humayun Kayumi, special representative of the President for cooperation with the countries of Central Asia and Russia Mahamad Shokir Korgar.…