Alcohol excise duty will bring in some EUR 80 million less than estimated by the Ministry of Finance to Estonian state coffers next year, says the Estonian Institute of Economic Research (EKI), according to which this year’s revenues from the duty are smaller in absolute terms despite a steep rate hike. “The price difference with…
The consumer price index for goods and services totaled 100.3% in September as against August, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. The consumer price index for goods and services totaled 102.7% in September as against December 2016. The core CPI that excludes certain items that face volatile price movements due to administrative and seasonal…
Raiffeisen Bank Aval (Kyiv) has become the third bank in Ukraine that will be able to carry out operations with the cash reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and also provide regional banks with cash and take surplus from them, reads a report on the NBU’s website. According to the report, Raiffeisen Bank…
The Deposit Guarantee Fund continues payments to the depositors of JSC Artem Bank and PJSC Vector Bank, the fund’s press service reports. “From October 10 the Deposit Guarantee Fund has started carrying out payments to the depositors of PJSC Vector Bank, who haven’t received their refunds during previous payments, and the depositors whose accounts have…
In January-September the Freeport of Riga handled 25,490,700 tons of cargo, down by 5.1% YoY. As the port authority reported, coal transshipment climbed by 2.5%, to 9,331,400 tons, oil products dropped by 33.4%, to 4,320,600 tons, wood pellets went up by 13.5%, to 474,100 tons, ore – by 31.1%, to 365,200 tons. The port’s container…
The average price level in Latvia in September, as compared to September last year, increased by 2.9%, according to official estimates. The Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia stated, that over the period prices were affected the most by rising prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks, goods and services linked to transport, the group of miscellaneous…
Roman Sklyar, the Kazakh Vice Minister of Investment and Development, has commented on the recent Antonov An-28 plane crash in Almaty region. According to Sklyar, the An-28 aircraft can be banned from flying in Kazakhstan. “We will wait for the results of the plane crash investigation, and, then, we will make the decision. It (the…