The public joint-stock company Centrenergo cut electricity generation by 36.2% in 2017, to 6.285 billion kWh. According to data from the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine, generation by Vuhlehirsk thermal power plant (TPP) was 4.134 billion kWh (down by 15.3% YoY), Zmiyivska TPP – 1.322 billion kWh (-42%) and Trypillia TPP – 829.29…
Brandy production in Armenia grew by 39.4% YoY in 2017, the National Statistical Service reveals. 30 million tons of brandy were produced in the reporting period against the 21.5 million tons made in 2016. Volumes of wine, champagne and beer production grew in 2017 by 30%, 10% and 21% respectively. Vodka production, meanwhile, declined by…
Food production in Uzbekistan decreased by 6.7 % in 2017 and amounted to 23.1 trillion soums in value terms, the Uzbek Food Industry Holding reported. The food industry’s share in the total industrial production decreased from 20% in 2016 to 16% last year, the company said. At the same time, growth was observed in many…
Belarusian-Swiss train factory Stadler Minsk will roll out the first train for the Minsk metro in Q3-Q4, Deputy Operations Director at the state-run enterprise Minsk Metro Andrei Mikhailovsky declared. The four-car train will have two control cars (one at each end of the unit). It will be operated on line 2 at first and then…
The total amount of state and state-guaranteed debt in hryvnias as of December 31, 2017 has grown by UAH 2.142, to UAH 2.142 trillion, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. This is an 11% growth compared to the amount recorded in the previous reporting period. The state and state-guaranteed debt in the dollar…