Another batch of the Ukrainian-made Oplot main battle tanks will be supplied under the contract to Thailand next week, chief engineer at Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant Oleksandr Sheiko said on May 25. “We will ship another batch to Thailand next week. Information on the number of tanks is confidential. We have fulfilled three quarters of the…
The International Bank of Tajikistan (IBT) has opened its first banking service center in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province. The center opening ceremony that took place on May 25 was attended by top managers of the bank, regional administrators of Khatlon, representatives of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT)’s office in Khatlon, managers…
Reconstruction of the Kokhi Vahdat (Palace of Unity) State Complex, which is the headquarters of the Tajik ruling People’s Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences, has begun. The national budget has earmarked some 30 million somoni (equivalent to some $4 million) for reconstruction of the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex, a source…
Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov was made familiar with the development of enterprises in the industrial park Khimgrad and enterprises of Kazanorgsintez Company in Tatarstan, the Russian Federation. While on a tour of Khimgrad Andrei Kobyakov was made familiar with the manufacturing sites of the resident companies there. Those are primarily companies specializing in…
A lack of fuel supplies to Tajikistan’s airlines is reportedly forcing the carriers to perform layovers at foreign terminals during long international flights. The problem appears to stem from a disagreement over money owed by the airlines to the Fuel Supply Company (OJSC Toplivo-Zapravochnaya Kompaniya or TZK), which occupies a monopoly position on Tajikistan’s aviation…
A set of documents and agreements was signed in Tashkent on May 25 following a meeting of the Uzbekistan-Turkey Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Uzbekistan-Turkey business forum. The documents and agreements envisage the implementation of around 30 projects in pharmaceutics, textile industry, electro-technical, construction and banking sectors, worth more than $2…
According to the official statistics figures, in July-April of the season 2016-2017 Ukraine exported 67.86 thousand tons of brewing barley, up 10.4-fold YoY (6.5 thousand tons). In the current MY, Belarus (53%), Poland (30%) and Romania (16%) became the main foreign buyers of brewing barley from Ukraine. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)