Ukraine shipped 3,271 tons of cheese to foreign markets in January-May, up by 22.7% YoY. The shipments increased by 48.5% in monetary terms, to $11.35 million, Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service said in its customs statistics reports. Cheese imports in the period under review totaled 3,563 tons, up by 35.8% YoY. The country imported products worth…
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, noting that the system of benefits in the country has become completely ineffective, instructed to prepare proposals for cancellation of all benefits. Berdymukhamedov was addressing a meeting with the leadership of the Turkmen banking and financial sectors. “Benefits should be provided not to anybody, but only to those who really…
In the current year Ukrainian fat-and-oil producers managed to reverse the downward trend in the margarine market’s capacity. This product’s output shrank by 41% to the smallest level since 2003. The main reason for that substantial decline in Ukrainian margarine production is declining demand for this commodity, both from the domestic market and foreign consumers.…
None of the coalition partners has any desire to overthrow the government. A solution to the tax reform and healthcare funding problem will be found, said Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis. “I gathered all coalition representatives. The good news is that none has any plans to topple the government and somehow stop the tax reform,” Kucinskis…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-May climbed by 24.7% YoY, to 2,890,500 million tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period, transshipment of coal surged 6-fold, to 723,400 tons, wood pellets – 2.2-fold, to 150,700 tons, construction materials – by 7.8%, to 222,600 tons, oil products – by 65.6%, to…
The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) ratified a grant agreement for $280,000 signed between the government of Tajikistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in January. Tajik Minister of Energy and Water Resources Usmonali Usmonzoda says the amount of this grant is allocated for improvement of work conditions for the ministry’s employees, elaboration…
The budget expenditures of Kyrgyzstan in May amounted to 10,97.5 billion soms. Such data was presented by the Ministry of Finance. 2,409 billion soms were allocated for state employees, for the payment of social security benefits – 1,452, 522.5 billion. Social assistance to the population was provided at 632,515.3 million soms. Expenditures under the item…