In January-June the foreign trade deficit in goods in Ukraine reached $1.882 billion against the deficit of $727.5 million in the same period last year (up 1.78-fold), the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in the January-June period the exports of commodities from Ukraine totaled $20.652 billion, up by 24.2% YoY. The import…
Turkmenistan will plant winter wheat for the harvest-2018 throughout the areas of 760 thousand ha. Turkmen agrarians started the planting campaign of winter wheat on August 23. The forecast of winter wheat production in 2018 totals 1.6 million tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Overall, Latvian consumers are satisfied with the purchases they make on Internet stores. 65.3% of respondents believe Internet stores are safe and reliable. 44.7% of respondents say they have never had any problems when shopping on the Internet, according to results of a survey performed by Gudriem.lv. People who have had problems often mention two…
Belarus may close the year 2017 with the inflation below 7%, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said after the government conference chaired by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. “The inflation keeps reducing and the tendency is strong. We are slightly behind the Russian Federation in terms of the seven-month inflation rate, but we are doing better…
The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Georgia amounted to $425.91 million in January-July, up by 34.2% YoY. Azerbaijan occupies the fifth place among the importers of Georgian products, according to Georgia’s Statistics Service. During the reporting period, the supply of goods from Georgia to Azerbaijan increased by 83.5%, to $106.07 million. The share of Azerbaijan…
Industrial production in Ukraine in July declined by 2.6% YoY, against a 3.8% rise in June and a 1.2% rise in May, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine has said. The authority said that this was linked to a decline in mining and quarry development industry by 9.4%, a 10.2% decrease in the supply of…
This year, UAH 20 billion should be spent on the construction of roads, and UAH 30 billion next year, president Petro Poroshenko said. “We set a task to allocate UAH 20 billion for the construction of roads this year, and UAH 30 billion in the next year. This is the dynamics that I want to…