Pork bought by Ukraine abroad in the first two months of 2019 was estimated at $7.9 million. Pork imports over the period under review totaled 4,300 tons. Poland was a major supplier of pork to Ukraine: pork worth $4.7 million was bought there. Germany ranks second. In January-February, Ukraine imported pork from Germany to the…
A Georgia-Japan business forum was held in Tokyo, where Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Economy Minister Giorgi Kobulia introduced Japanese business society to Georgia’s investment climate and business opportunities. Bakhtadze said that Georgia was remarkably attractive for international investments. “Our market is fully open, our economy is liberal and our location is strategic”, said…
An auction for placement of 15 million manats worth mid-term bonds of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance will be held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) on March 19. Some 1.5 million securities at a par value of 100 manats each and a maturity period of 1,092 days will be put up for the auction. The…
While no such correlation applies to excise duty on tobacco, increasing the excise duty on alcohol would reduce Estonia’s excise revenue, it appears from the results of an analysis commissioned by the Ministry of Finance and conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisors (PwC). PwC’s analysis highlights that when making changes to excise duty policy, the state has…
Ukraine’s large and medium-sized plants produced 8.6 thousand tons of mayonnaise in January, up by 1.2% YoY (8.5 thousand tons). In addition, its output hit a three-year high. Taking into account that the Ukrainian mayonnaise market is focused on the domestic consumer, no substantial production growth can be expected now. The market is saturated with…