Ukraine: construction costs up in January-April 2018

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…

Kazakhstan: peas lose Turkish market

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…