Belarus’ GDP will increase by 1.7% in 2017, Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko said. “I think that the GDP goal will be reached this year and we will close 2017 with an increase of 1.7%,” the vice premier said. In his words, the GDP growth made up 1.5% in January-August. Industrial production went up…
More than 266,000 passengers used the services of Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport in September, up by 24% YoY. The number of passengers served by the airport during the first nine months of the year was greater by more than 300,000, or by 18%, than during the same period last year. Tallinn Airport crossed the 2…
Last week Ukraine faced an upward trend in export prices for oybean oil, due to rather high demand for the product from European buyers in terms of a small number of its offers. As of the end of day on October 6, bid prices for crude soybean oil increased by nearly $5-10/tons compared with the…
In the first month of the current marketing year, Ukrainian producers exported 16,940 tons of sugar, the press service of the Ukrtsukor national association of sugar producers reported. “The largest deliveries were made to Azerbaijan – 38%, Sudan – 16%, Tajikistan – 13%, Turkey – 8% and Sri Lanka – 7%,” the statement said. According…
The Ministry of Finance and Economy has been established in Turkmenistan. The corresponding decree was signed by the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at an expanded government meeting devoted to the results of January-September. The new ministry merged the Turkmen Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy and Development, and became their successor. Under the…
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed dissatisfaction at a meeting of the government, pointing to low rates of cargo transportation by the State Service of Maritime and River Transportation. Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmenistan’s transport system had considerable reserves of production capacity, allowing it to ensure increasing volumes of transportation of goods and passengers, including those traveling…
According to the information released by Statistics Estonia, the consumer price index in September decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month and increased by 3.7% YoY. Compared to September 2016, goods were 3.7% and services 3.5% more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 7.4% and non-regulated prices by 2.7% compared…