The Belarusian haul truck manufacturer BelAZ exported some 96% of its output in January-November, representatives of the company reported. BelAZ products were shipped to 28 countries. The company exported about 96% of its output, with the export growth rate at 188%. The company exported more products to every region: Russia (182.1%), other CIS states (215.5%),…
The Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan reported on the harvest of sugar beet, the press service of the department reported. The areas sown with sugar beets amounted to 10,600 hectares. In 2016, 638,100 tons of beet were harvested, 57,300 tons of sugar were produced. This year, the harvest reached 671,500 tons of beets, and sugar…
Darnytsia wagon repair plant (Kyiv), a branch of the public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia, has annulled nine tenders to buy 2,000 drop bottom gondola cars of general use at the expected price of around UAH 1.2 million (VAT included) per car. According to information on the ProZorro e-procurement portal, the tenders were annulled, as less than…
Production of motor vehicles in Ukraine rose by 67% YoY in January-November, to 7,654 units, according to the Ukrautoprom Association. In particular, the number of manufactured passenger cars grew by 72.2%, to 6,544 units, while the production of commercial vehicles fell by 22.7%, to 423 units. At the same time, the number of buses manufactured…
Aldaris concludes 2017 with three new contracts, commencing exports of products to China, France and the Netherlands. Until now Aldaris has exported products to eight markets, with the largest being United Kingdom, taking up 78.71% of Aldaris export volume, as reported by the company. Aldaris board member Sigita Ozola comments: “We are truly satisfied with…
Electric energy consumption in Belarus is projected to increase by 3 billion kilowatt-hours by 2020, Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Vadim Zakrevsky announced. “Under the optimistic scenario, electricity consumption will reach some 40 billion kWh by 2020, growing by 3 billion kWh from 2017. This increase includes 2 billion kWh to be used by the real…
The Riigikogu has adopted the 2018 State Budget Act, according to which Estonia’s state budget will exceed EUR 10 billion for the first time. The budget was passed in the 101-seat chamber in the third and final reading with a 55-41 vote. The size of expenditures and investments set out by the budget is EUR…