The absence of productive rain over a long time caused faster ripening of early cereals in the southern and central regions, along with premature drying of those planted after non-fallow predecessors. As a result, kernels failed to get filled: they are shriveled with a low 1000-kernel weight (23-35 g). As of today, winter wheat in…
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan enter new level of relations as Ashgabat has hosted the high-level talks between Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on July 3. Overall the top-level talks focused on the regional safety and bilateral cooperation. Particular attention in this regard was paid to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.…
On June 30 a grant agreement for “the Project for Improvement of Substations in Dushanbe” was signed between Tajikistan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the amount of 2,190 million Japanese Yen (about $20 million), JICA Tajikistan Office reported. The document was reportedly inked by the Minister of Finance of Tajikistan Abdusalom Qurboniyon…
The level of “shadow economy” in Ukraine last year amounted to 34% of GDP, decreasing by 6%, such preliminary figures have been posted by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. “All four methods, which are used to assess the level of the shadow economy, showed a decrease in the level compared to 2015,” the…
Kharkiv International Airport increased passenger traffic by 51% YoY in January-June, to 364,100 people. According to a press release from the airport, in June it serviced 82,900 passengers, up by 37% YoY. “By the end of June, we can talk about the popularity of renewed summer flights to Burgas (Bulgaria, on Fridays), Tivat (Montenegro, on…
According to the official statistics figures, in May Kazakhstan shipped 13.3 thousand tons of wheat to Turkey, which exceeded the volumes shipped in April by 93%. At the same time, the export volumes reduced by 14% YoY. In July-May 2016-2017 MY Kazakhstan supplied 45.6 thousand tons of wheat to the country, down by 39% YoY…
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) sold $373.2 million through currency auctions organized by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) in June, SOFAZ said in a message on July 3. During the six months of 2017, SOFAZ sold more than $1.687 billion at currency auctions. In total, Azerbaijan’s banks bought around $4.92 billion from…