A Georgian wine tasting was held in Matsuyama, Japan. The tasting was attended by numerous wine importers, masters, representatives of the media, restaurants and hotels chains. During the event master of wine Kenichi Ohashi offered guests Georgian wine while introducing them to its history and culture, as well as to certain aspects of the modern…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has lowered its forecast for Estonia’s economic growth this year by 0.2%, to 3.6%, citing poor corporate investment. The EBRD highlighted that following the investment-led strong gross domestic product (GDP) growth recovery of 4.9% in 2017, economic growth in Estonia slowed down to 3.5% YoY in the…
Road builders in Balykchy city have not been paid their salaries for a long time and have gone on a strike. They have not received money since the summer. All work is suspended now. People placed equipment on the section of the bypass road to Balykchy. The Ministry of Transport and Road confirmed the information…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports that Ukraine has exported 65.7 thousand tons of flour as of October 31, down by 57.6 thousand tons YoY. Since the start of MY 2018-2019 wheat flour shipments have amounted to 65.3 thousand tons, whereas other types of flour – 0.5 thousand tons. In MY…
Solvent banks in Ukraine in January-September received UAH 10.9 billion ($386.9 million) in profit, up 8-fold YoY (UAH 1.4 billion, or $49.7 million), according to the National Bank of Ukraine. Operating income of banks during the period under review increased by 20.3% at the expense of net interest and commission income, and expenses – by…
A meeting with Uzbek importers of potatoes will be held on November 2 at the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Tashkent, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation of Kyrgyzstan reported. According to it, an association of potato producers of the northern region has been created in the republic. “This…
Uzbekistan has lifted restrictions on the export of products in eight product groups. Starting from January 1, 2019 it will be allowed to export pork, meat and poultry by-products, pork fat and poultry fat, vegetable oil, sugar, bakery products, tungsten ore and concentrates, as well as silk waste without any restrictions. On October 30 Uzbek…