Georgia: economy up in October 2021

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated that the economic growth in Georgia in October amounted to about 7%, while growth in the past 10 months totaled 10.5%, calling it “unique, unprecedentedly high growth across Europe”. He also said several days ago that the gross domestic product in Georgia would reach a historic high in January 2022…

Latvia: online sales up in October 2021

Compared to October 2020, total retail trade turnover decreased by 2.3% in October. Turnover of retail trade in food products grew by 0.1%. Retail trade in non-food products (except for retail sale of automotive fuel) decreased by 5.7%, but turnover of retail sale of automotive fuel – increased by 1.4%. Compared to October 2020, the…

Uzbekistan: Kazakhstan remains main importer of cars

Uzbekistan’s State Statistics Committee has announced the list of countries where Uzbekistan exported cars in January-October. Kazakhstan remains the main importer of Uzbek-made cars with 26,776 units, followed by Ukraine (568) and Russia (400). During the reporting period, Azerbaijan purchased 141 cars from Uzbekistan, neighboring Afghanistan – 128, Tajikistan -72 and the Kyrgyz Republic –…