Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service (SFS) reimbursed UAH 54.8 billion worth of value added tax (VAT) in January-May, according to a report on the SFS official page on Facebook. “In January-May UAH 54.8 billion worth of VAT was reimbursed to taxpayers, up by 14.4% or by UAH 6.9 billion YoY. UAH 47.9 billion worth of VAT…
Yanair has started operating direct scheduled flights between Lviv and Batumi from June 8. “It was very difficult for us to abandon numerous applications of the Lviv airport and the wishes of our passengers in Batumi, who were forced to fly to Kyiv and return to Lviv in transit. Therefore, we tried to satisfy their…
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…
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…
In 2017 the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic transferred 2.1 billion soms to the country’s budget, the Chairman of the National Bank Tolkunbek Abdygulov stated at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on budget and fiscal policy. According to him, in 2016 the bank conducted 52 interventions, and in 2017 – 21. “This is…
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…
Ukraine boosted electricity exports by 25% YoY in January-May (in monetary terms), to $137.2 million. Hungary accounted for 62.2% of the electricity sales abroad (estimated at $85.3 million), while the share of Poland was nearly 23.8% ($32.6 million) and that of Moldova 11.4% ($15.6 million), the Ukrainian State Fiscal Service said. (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)