Ukraine in 2020 updated highs for sunflower oil exports for the second time in a row, the press service of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics” reported. “In 2020, exports from Ukraine for the second time in a row reached record highs of 6.9 million tons, thereby exceeding the 2019 6.1-million tons record…
The Bank of Latvia has reported that the country is nearing a very high budget deficit level. On February 23, participants of the meeting of the government and Crisis Management Council were presented with the situation with the state budget program for emergencies, as well as the country’s macro-economic situation in general. According to outlooks…
Moody’s Investors Service said in its new report that the structural reforms that the Uzbek government had undertaken since 2016 had addressed many inefficiencies in the economy, but the most difficult reforms, which carried significant political and execution risk, were still ahead. “Uzbekistan’s current reform agenda is a source of both positive and negative pressures.…
The Board of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan decided to raise the discount rate (key rate) by 50 basis points, to 5.5%. The change happened for the first time in 12 months. The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic notes that development of the world economy remains heterogeneous amid the impact of consequences of the…
The competent agencies of Ukraine and Ethiopia have agreed on health certificates for the export of edible eggs, which allows Ukrainian producers to export their products to Ethiopia, the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection reports. “Ukraine and Ethiopia have agreed on health certificates for the export…