GDP growth rate in Turkmenistan amounted to 6.2% in 2016, the country’s Ministry of Economy and Development said. The growth rate has increased by 1.1% in the industrial sector, by 4.3% – in construction, by 10.7% – in transportation and communication sector, by 14.1% in trade, by 9.9% in agriculture and by 10.4% in the…
Gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities declined by 38.6%, to 9.044 billion cubic meters since October 13, 2016 when the current heating season began, through February 11. Ukraine withdrew 87.94 million cubic meters from underground storage on February 11, and a total of 840.54 million cubic meters on February 1 through February 11 (74,41…
Surplus of Ukraine’s national budget in October 2016 totaled UAH 3.1 billion thanks to the improvement of the revenue target implementation along with moderate spending, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported. “In October 2016, growth of revenue of the national budget resumed (by 29.9% YoY). In contrast to the previous months it was…
President Shavkat Mirziyoev during his trip to Surkhandarya region reviewed the activities of the agricultural firm Agro Fresh Gold in the Termez district. Surkhandarya farmers are making a worthwhile contribution to the welfare of the people, prosperity and abundance in the markets of the country all year round. 7% of cultivation lands of the country…
Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, is reportedly continuing to work on resuming domestic flights en route Dushanbe – Khorog – Dushanbe. The airline, however, says it needs benefits to operate domestic flights. “We are currently doing everything in our power to resume the flight Dushanbe – Khorog – Dushanbe,” Aziz Khairulloyev, a spokesman for…
Licenses of 13 exchange offices were revoked in 2016 for the systematic violation of regulations and failure to fulfill the requirements of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan. In recent years, the number of exchange offices increased in Kyrgyzstan. At the beginning of 2016 there were 394 of them – 65 more than in 2015. In…
In January the index of consumer prices for goods and services totaled 100.9% as against December 2016, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. In January the basic index of consumer prices that disregards changes of prices for the commodities and services affected by administrative and seasonal factors reached 100.7% as against December 2016. Food…