The freight turnover of Ukrainian transport enterprises in January-August shrank by 17.1% YoY, to 185.7 billion ton-kilometers, the State Statistics Service reported. In total, these companies transported 382.2 million tons of cargo, down by 13.4%. According to the State Statistics Service, the cargo turnover of Ukrainian transport enterprises in 2019 grew by 2.1% YoY, to…
Uzbekistan processes 70-80 thousand tons of soybean annually. However, the country needs 1.5 million tons of the oilseed to load its processing capacities, declared the vice-chairman of the Uzyogmoysanoat Association, Ahror Abdurahimov. He said that the soybean-processing stagnated in Uzbekistan, as there were problems with soybean purchasing due to high logistical costs. “If we get…
The parties of the Latvian government have reached an agreement on the general framework of the 2021 state budget and the planned tax reform. “After several months of debates, we have agreed on the framework of the 2021 budget,” Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said on September 21. Karins elaborated that the budget of the next…
Kazakhstan has begun returning electricity to Kyrgyzstan within the framework of a trade exchange agreement, the National Energy Holding Company of Kyrgyzstan reports. Earlier, in pursuance of a government order, Electric Stations OJSC and the authorized power company of the Republic of Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the exchange of electrical energy. From June to…
Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said that Ukraine intends to cut public debt by 3% in 2021. “This year we have a deficit of UAH 300 million. This is a crisis year, as we had to finance some social programs, pension indexation and the Fund to tackle Covid-19. But we have the opportunity to borrow.…