Ovostar Union, a leading shell egg producer in Ukraine, saw $3.9 million of net profit in January-June, down by 56.5% YoY. According to a company report published on August 30, revenue over the period grew by 6%, to $36.5 million, while gross profit narrowed by 28%, to $8.5 million, and operating profit declined by 40%,…
This year’s September may turn out rather good for gardening and fruit harvest, predicts Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre’s senior gardening specialist Maris Narvils. He says there are currently no concerns for any sudden weather changes to impact fruit growers in the coming weeks. September may be rather beneficial to gardening work and fruit…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has allowed banks to provide loans in domestic currency against the collateral of foreign currency on customers’ accounts. This has been reported by the press service of the central bank. “As part of further relaxations of anti-recessionary foreign exchange restrictions, the National Bank of Ukraine has allowed banks to…
Turkmenistan is developing a project for construction of a new gas chemical complex near the Kiyanly village of the country’s Balkan region. The complex is designed for processing 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 117,000 tons of sodium chloride. It will produce 390,000 tons of polypropylene, 200,000 tons of linear low-density polyethylene, 100,000…
Swedbank raised Estonia’s 2017 real growth forecast by 1.3%, to 3.5%, and next year’s forecast by 0.4%, to 3.2% in its latest economic outlook. In April the bank estimated that Estonia’s gross domestic product growth would total 2.2% this year, and 2.8% in 2018. The newly revised forecast is a lot more optimistic, though the…
The law that provides stricter language requirements for procurement of agriculture land is not discriminatory towards citizens of other European Union member states, says Latvian Agriculture Ministry, commenting on complaints submitted to EC center for setting conflicts Solvit by foreign businessmen in relation to the requirements imposed by Latvia on privatization of land. “According to…
Sugar refineries in Vinnytsia region intend to produce 375,000 tons of sugar in 2017, up by 10% YoY, according to Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine. India, Iran, Azerbaijan and China told Vinnytsia authorities they were interested in the purchase of sugar produced in the region. In 2017, seven sugar refineries will operate…