Belarus: MAZ to ship 100 buses to Ukraine

The Ukrainian city of Lvov will acquire 100 urban buses from the Belarusian automobile engineering company MAZ. The buses will be assembled and shipped to Ukraine by the end of the year, the company’s representatives reported. The buses are meant for the Ukrainian city’s mass transit system operator. They will be used to transport passengers…

Lithuania: tender for GIPL construction started

Lithuania’s natural gas transmission system operator Amber Grid launched an international tender for the construction of Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL). The deadline for submitting bids is August 8, according to the competitive tender notice on the European and Lithuanian public procurement websites. Amber Grid and its Polish partner, Gaz-System, in late May signed a grid…

Belarus: every batch of products undergoing laboratory control

Every batch of Belarusian products undergoes laboratory control, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats declared. “We trade with 85 countries today. Not a single state has complaints regarding the quality of our products. Before shipping products, each batch undergoes control in accredited laboratories,” Leonid Zayats said. “The laboratories employ highly qualified specialists that check…

Ukraine: sugar exports up in May 2018

In May Ukrainian producers delivered 54,000 tons of sugar to foreign markets, up by 29% YoY, the press service of the Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine reported. “In May the main importer of Ukrainian sugar was again Uzbekistan (72%). In addition, 11% of deliveries were made to the UK, 5% to Azerbaijan…