In January-April Azerbaijan increased the exports of agricultural products by 44% YoY, the Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, Heydar Asadov declared. According to the minister, Azerbaijan plans to increase the exports of food products, in terms of current problem with food security in the world. During recent 4 months, the country increased export volumes mainly…
Since 2012, the exports of Ukrainian condensed milk and cream to Israel have increased more than 5-fold, to $1.4 million, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club reported. The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club experts also noted a 1.8-fold increase in the size of Ukrainian ice cream exports to Israel. In 2016, the share of exports to Israel in total…
Tajikistan is interested in assembling cotton-farming tractors made by the Belarusian company MTZ, representatives of the company declared after a delegation of the Tajikistan government visited the enterprise. The Tajikistan government is considering organizing the joint production of tractors. The tractors may then be sold not only in Tajikistan but also in the entire Central…
Tajikistan has been placed at the 128th position among the 190 countries in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index for the year 2017. The index was released as part of the World Bank’s annual report Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All. This report had revised Tajikistan’s rank to 128 from earlier 132nd…
It is difficult to build roads in Kyrgyzstan, so aviation is needed, the Minister of Transport and Roads Zhamshitbek Kalilov said. According to him, the ICAO leadership for the first time pays an official visit to Kyrgyzstan. “We understand that it is extremely important for a mountainous country to pay attention to air traffic. This…
In April, Latvian airline airBaltic carried 287,560 passengers to destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. This is a 26% increase when compared with last year. The airline carried a total of 876,328 passengers in the first four months of 2017. In April, the airline performed 4,043 flights, up by 9% YoY,…
Last year, Russia was Latvia’s fourth largest external trade partner. Investment-wise, Russia was on the second place in terms of direct investments in Latvia, as reported by the Latvian-Russian regional cooperation group at a meeting in Pleskava. “As a strong wall is built from smaller bricks, our countries’ cooperation is made up of cooperation instances…