In May Ukrainian flour production amounted to 139.26 KMT that is somewhat more than at the same time last year (up by 3.7%). Nevertheless, Ukraine’s flour output for the five months of the current year decreased by 1.5% YoY, to 762.97 KMT. Still, the drop in production of wheat and wheat-rye flour was not so…
In relation to the possibility of purchasing a new home, Latvian residents view EUR 100,000 as the “pain threshold”. The critical border for new project apartments is 1,300 EUR/square meter. For standard apartments it is 1,000 EUR/square meter. For private homes it is 1,600 EUR/square meter, according to results of a study by PrivatBank. Lately…
Belarus, Sudan and Egypt are considering the possibility of using mechanisms of non-monetary discharge of foreign trade obligations in mutual trade, the State Property Committee reported. Representatives of the National Bank of Belarus, Belarusbank, and GO Belresursy held talks in Khartoum and Cairo. The parties agreed that non-monetary discharge of obligations in the export of…
Pharmacy sales in Ukraine in January-May increased by 18% in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2016, to UAH 26.573 billion. Pharmacy sales in physical terms grew by 11%, to 620.2 million packages, the Business Credit company reported. In particular, retail sales of medicines increased by 17% in monetary terms, to UAH 21.659…
In January-May Tajikistan imported 23.4 thousand tons of flour, down almost 2-fold YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan declared. In January-May 2016 Tajikistan imported 42.6 thousand tons of flour. According to the announcement, to date the price of one 50-kg bag of 1-grade flour of Kazakh origin in Dushanbe totals 175-180…
Stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities totaled 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas, the press service of PJSC Ukrtransgaz reports. “According to the operational information, natural gas reserves in Ukraine’s gas storage facilities reached 11 billion cubic meters, up by 15% YoY,” reads the report. Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine has pumped…
The head of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov spoke in favor of an increase in trade with Kyrgyzstan. According to him, the Kyrgyz and Bashkir peoples are linked by common national roots, rich history of the Turkic world, a single spiritual culture. This gives the Bashkir-Kyrgyz relations a particularly friendly, allied character. “The development of relations with…