Belarus: Belneftekhim’s exports up in 2017

The organizations affiliated with the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim increased the export of goods to $7.7 billion in 2017, by 27.5% YoY, Belneftekhim Chairman Igor Lyashenko noted at a session to assess the performance of the concern in 2017. In 2017 the concern met the main targets in foreign trade in goods and services.…

Ukraine: new Arab air carrier to appear

One more top Arab air carrier may appear in Ukraine, which will perform flights from regional Ukrainian airports to Asia, Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan said. “Negotiations are under way with one of the top Arab carriers, and I am sure they are successful. If this air carrier starts transportations from Lviv to Asia…

Kyrgyzstan: over 4.6 million dekaliters of alcohol produced in 2017

In 2017 Kyrgyzstan produced 4,610.1 million dekaliters of alcoholic beverages, the Directorate for the Regulation, Control over the Production and Turnover of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products reported. “In 2017 at least 42 enterprises operated in the alcohol industry, including 5 alcohol and 6 vodka plants, 13 breweries and 18 wineries,” the directorate said.…

Ukraine: Astarta cuts sugar production in 2017

Astarta in the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY, September-August) reduced sugar production by 8%, to 463,000 tons compared to the previous MY, the company’s press service has reported. According to its information, Astarta plants processed about 3.1 million tons of sugar beets. The reduction of sugar production is due to a lower than planned sugar beet…