At the instruction of the Head of State, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan and Air Astana are working round the clock to launch FlyArystan low-cost airline. The ticket sales for the carrier’s commercial flights are expected to start on March 29. “Starting from May,…
The state policy of Uzbekistan is aimed at the development of tourism so that this area in the future should become one of the drivers for the accelerated integrated development of the regions and their infrastructure. Tourism development should contribute to the solution of such major social and economic tasks as the creation of hundreds…
Ukraine’s exports of goods amounted to more than $4 billion in January, up by 9.2% YoY, the press service of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry wrote on Twitter. “The positive balance was $ 20.9 million,” the report says. As reported, Ukraine exported goods and services for a total sum of $57.1 billion in 2018,…
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…