Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover in 2018 comprised $93.5 billion, up by 19.7% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reported. The volume of export in the reporting period made $67 billion (+25.7%) and import was $32.5 billion (+9.9%). (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
The “Friend of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” (Friend of SMEs) of the Agency for the Development of SMEs under Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry has started operating in Azerbaijan’s Gabala district. This is the first “Friend of the SMEs” in the Sheki-Zagatala economic region, which, along with the Gabala district, will provide services to entrepreneurs operating in…
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine this year expects to receive from external sources about $4 billion in financing. “Our budget has laid down an approximate equivalent of $4 billion in external financial needs,” Markarova reported. According to her, external financing could come from several sources, including the World Bank, the European Union, bilateral lending…
In 2018, Ukraine exported almost 42 million tons of grains to the tune of more than $7 billion, which in monetary terms was the highest value in the history of Ukraine. “Since 2010, Ukraine has been increasing its grain exports annually. Although a new record was not set in 2018, 41.7 million tons of domestic…
The Listing and Surveillance Committee of Nasdaq Tallinn decided to approve the application of Magnetic MRO AS, the global provider of total technical care for aircraft operators and lessors headquartered in Tallinn, and admit 80,000 bonds of Magnetic MRO AS with a nominal value of EUR 100 each to trading on MTF First North, operated…
Construction work on Bishkek – Kara-Balta road will be resumed in early March under favorable and suitable weather conditions, the Ministry of Transport and Roads of Kyrgyzstan reported. The head of the Ministry of Transport, Zhanat Beishenov, made a working trip to Chui region. He also looked at implementation of the project for reconstruction of…
The Azerbaijani government will take all necessary measures to prevent intended increase in prices after increase of the minimum wage, Abulfat Maharramov, director of the labor policy department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan, declared. Maharramov said the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs would be given relevant instructions to prevent…