In 2017 a bilateral trade between Ukraine and Germany increased by almost 23% YoY, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said after a meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state informed. The head of the Ukrainian state stressed: “I can say that we’ve worked well in the economy.…
Ukraine’s state and publicly guaranteed debt in April declined in dollar equivalent by $0.32 billion, or by 0.4%, to $77.05 billion as of April 30. The debt in the hryvnia equivalent over the period under review decreased by UAH 32.62 billion, or by 1.6%, to UAH 2.021 trillion, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry’s website.…
Lindaliini AS, a company operating under the Linda Line Express brand, which used to operate a fast catamaran connection between Tallinn and Helsinki, expects to resume operations on the route by the end of June. Linda Line CEO Enn Rohula said that the company expected to conclude an agreement on the purchase of a new…
Latvia’s national airBaltic airline and Bombardier Commercial Aircraft have announced the signing of a procurement contract for 30 Bombardier CS300 aircraft with option to procure 30 more in the future. This order is an addition to the one signed for the provision of 20 CS300 aircraft. It also forms the foundation for airBaltic’s Destination 2025…
Belarus has sent the first commercial batch of beef to China, Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the Central Office for Foreign Economic Activities of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, declared. “A few days ago we sent the first container with beef using the Silk Road railway route to China. This is the result of hard…
To date, US and Ukrainian corn are the most competitive products on the Chinese and other markets, but the absence of GM content is the major advantage of the latter, declared the Deputy of Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Viktor Sheremeta. According to the official, Ukraine produces corn hybrids, but not GM-corn.…
In January-April Ukrainian sugar confectionery production totaled 22 thousand tons, down by 3.1% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. According to the data, in April 5.5 thousand tons of sugar confectionery products were produced, down by 10.8% MoM and by 2.3% YoY. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)