In 2018, JSC Ak Bidai – Terminal (a subsidiary of the “Food Contract Corporation”) handled 818.4 thousand tons of grain through the grain terminal in Aktau port. In 2017, grain handling reached around 500 thousand tons. As reported by the company, last year, the growth was conditioned by an increase in grain exports, favorable weather…
The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev held a meeting on reforming the energy sector of Kyrgyzstan, the Information Support Department of the government reported. The population criticizes the existing structure of management of the energy sector and the work of the National Energy Holding Company. “There is no significant shift in problem solving. Servicing…
Trade between Ukraine and Israel will grow by 15% to reach about $1 billion in the next five years, Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion has said. According to the ambassador, expert studies show that the parties will increase trade by 15% over the next five years. “This means that we will have trade turnover…
Revenues from the single social contribution totaling UAH 228 billion were transferred to the state budget in 2018, up by 26.1% YoY, according to the State Fiscal Service. “In 2018, revenues from the single social contribution for compulsory state social insurance totaled UAH 228 billion, which was up by UAH 47.2 billion,” reads the report.…
Azerbaijan brought self-sufficiency in meat and dairy products to 90%, Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov said at an event dedicated to the launch of a partnership program with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Under the partnership program with FAO, Azerbaijan will not only be a beneficiary, but also act as a…
In 2018 Passenger Transportation JSC carried 17, 719,000 passengers (including domestic and transit passengers), down by 500,000 passengers YoY. In 2017 Kazakhstan hosted EXPO 2017 international exhibition, the company’s press service reports. Three new routes were launched last year. Astana-Turkestan train bridges the capital with the new regional center of Turkestan region, the historical city…
Three airports in Kyrgyzstan are unsuitable for flights, the First Deputy Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov said at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on transport, communications, architecture and construction. According to him, reconstruction of several airports is necessary for the development of domestic flights. “Experts have given us the conclusion that airports in Karakol, Talas…