Turkmen farmers fulfilled the state order for wheat production by 25% as of June 16, the Turkmen government said. The wheat harvesting started on June 7 in four of five provinces of Turkmenistan. Some 400,000 tons of wheat have been harvested. Some 1,600 tons of grain are planned to be collected from a 760,000-hectare area…
Azerbaijan’s GDP volume reached 25.34 billion manats in January-May, down by 0.9% YoY, according to a report of the country’s State Statistics Committee. GDP volume per capita reached 2610,3 manats. Meanwhile, the volume of Azerbaijan’s non-oil GDP rose by 2.3% in January-May as compared to the same period of 2016. The volume of Azerbaijan’s GDP…
The consumer confidence index in Ukraine grew by 3.2 points in May, to 58. It is the highest since July 2014, GfK Ukraine reported. “In May Index of Current Personal Financial Standing, Index of Expected Changes in Personal Financial Standing and Index of Economic Expectations reached their maximum indicators over the past two years,” the…
The reform proposed by the Cabinet does not provide for raising the retirement age, but it cancels the taxation of pensions, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said, commenting on the decision of the National Council of Reforms to support the pension reform. “We had a thorough conversation, we received useful suggestions, and the National…
As of June 1, the registered carry-over stocks of grains and pulses in Kazakhstan totaled 6.539 million tons. In particular, peasant and farming households stored 994.48 thousand tons of grains, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. Wheat formed the major share of the general grain stocks…
In May Ukraine exported 24.5 thousand tons of high-oleic sunflower oil, which became a record of monthly shipment volumes. Since the beginning of 2016-2017 MY (September 2016) Ukraine exported the maximum volumes of the product ever – 120 thousand tons, up 3-fold YoY (40.8 thousand tons). Also, during the first 9 months of 2016-2017 MY…
On June 16, Latvian airBaltic airline received the fifth Bombardier CS300 aircraft. By the end of 2017, airBaltic is planning to have eight CS300 aircraft. The fifth airBaltic CS300 aircraft, registered as YL-CSE, arrived in Riga on June 16. The flight time was 7 hours and 56 minutes and the aircraft covered 6419 km non-stop…