The European Commission has placed Ukraine’s Urga Airline (Kropyvnytsky) on the EU Air Safety List of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. According to a press release of the European Commission, the company is placed on the…
Ukraine as of May 19 has sown grains and leguminous crops on 6.8 million hectares, or 94% of the forecast. According to the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food, spring wheat was sown on 172,000 hectares (or 97% of the plan), spring barley on 1.56 million hectares (95%), oats on 197,000 hectares (95%), peas on…
Public joint-stock company Sberbank (Kyiv) from May 30 will close the account at Deutsche Bank, the bank has reported on its website. “Due to the closure of the account of Sberbank in the U.S. dollars at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, starting from May 30 we ask to use the account at The Bank of…
In January-April Azerbaijan increased the exports of agricultural products by 44% YoY, the Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, Heydar Asadov declared. According to the minister, Azerbaijan plans to increase the exports of food products, in terms of current problem with food security in the world. During recent 4 months, the country increased export volumes mainly…
Since 2012, the exports of Ukrainian condensed milk and cream to Israel have increased more than 5-fold, to $1.4 million, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club reported. The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club experts also noted a 1.8-fold increase in the size of Ukrainian ice cream exports to Israel. In 2016, the share of exports to Israel in total…
Tajikistan is interested in assembling cotton-farming tractors made by the Belarusian company MTZ, representatives of the company declared after a delegation of the Tajikistan government visited the enterprise. The Tajikistan government is considering organizing the joint production of tractors. The tractors may then be sold not only in Tajikistan but also in the entire Central…
Tajikistan has been placed at the 128th position among the 190 countries in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index for the year 2017. The index was released as part of the World Bank’s annual report Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All. This report had revised Tajikistan’s rank to 128 from earlier 132nd…