Costs of construction and assembly services in Ukraine rose by 23.4% YoY in January-April. Over the period under review, costs of construction and assembly of civil engineering facilities, as well as commercial buildings and complex industrial facilities increased the most – by 28.1% and by 23.8%, respectively. The lowest increase was recorded in the construction…
Eight Georgian companies have won 41 awards at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC). Georgian companies – Badagoni, Chateau Mukhrani, GWS Winery, Tbilvino, Telavi Wine Cellar, Teliani Valley, Schuchmann Wines, Vaziani Winery – won 11 silver and 30 bronze medals. Last year Georgia got 47 awards at IWSC. The competition is held annually in…
Although the crop of peas in Kazakhstan increased substantially in 2017, their exports have started sinking. The reasons include both intensifying competition among exporters of this crop and weaker foreign demand. Kazakhstan exported some 20.2 thousand tons of peas in the first seven months of 2017-2018 (September-March), down 4-fold YoY. Turkey, which has been the…
A total of 275,000 passengers passed through Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport in May, up by 16% YoY. In an increase of 15% on year, since the beginning of the year, Tallinn Airport has served more than 1 million passengers. “Our summer season has had a great start, and a lot of the growth has come…
Last year Ukraine became one of the world’s top three major honey exporters, Hanna Burka, a national consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), wrote on Facebook. “China remains the world’s leading exporter of honey. Its share in the total exports is 19%. Argentina and Ukraine have almost equal shares…
Ukraine’s Central Bank has informed Ukrainian banks that the 100-ruble banknote issued by Russia for the 2018 World Cup shall not be accepted for placing to a bank account or for currency exchange. What is more, a Russia-minted three-ruble coin, which is also related to Crimea, was banned, according to a telegram sent out by…
Azerbaijan needs to increase the yield of pomegranate, Vice-President of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) Yusif Abdullayev said at an event on June 4. “There is a potential in this area. For example, in Israel, pomegranate is grown on the territory of just 200 hectares, and the yield is more than 60,000…