Azerbaijan: June 2017 deflation reaches 1%

The prices of consumer goods and tariffs for services decreased by 1% in Azerbaijan in June compared to May, the country’s State Statistics Committee said. The prices of foodstuffs decreased by 2.5% during the reporting period, while the prices of non-food items and paid services increased by 0.1%. The prices of consumer goods and tariffs…

Ukraine: gas transit down from July 11, 2017

Transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine’s gas transportation system (GTS) has fallen by 24.7% since July 11, according to live data from Ukrtransgaz. If on July 1-10 the average daily transit through the Ukrainian GTS amounted to 256.7 million cubic meters, on July 11 a drop to 193.4 million cubic meters was witnessed. At…

Kyrgyzstan: alcohol excise duty to grow

The Ministry of Economy proposes to raise the excise tax on all alcohol in Kyrgyzstan by 10 soms. The ministry submitted the draft government resolution for discussion. The background statement to the document says that excise tax rates for wine stock, wine, cognac and sparkling wine remained unchanged since March 2013, beer – since June…