Ukraine: fruit and berry exports up in Q1 2018

Ukrainian farmers in January-March boosted fruit and berry exports by 68% YoY, to $57 million. “The leaders in the commodity structure of domestic products exports this year were walnuts ($42 million), frozen berries ($10 million), as well as apples and pears ($5 million),” the press service of the Ukrainian association of gardening and small fruit…

Estonia: repairs at Riisipere station to begin

Estonian Railways (EVR), the Estonian state-owned railway infrastructure company, is to begin repairwork on the Tallinn-Keila-Riisipere section of rail beginning with Riisipere Station on April 30. “Beginning from April 30 rail work will be carried out on the western part of Riisipere Station,” Riho Vjatkin, head of EVR’s construction service, said in a press release,…

Ukraine: exports showing upward trend

Ukraine in January-February saw its major export flows directed toward the European Union member states, Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq, according to Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman. “Exports grew the most to the EU, that’s by 36.2%, totaling EUR 3.3 billion. Sales of Ukrainian products to Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq increased…

Ukraine: passenger traffic volume down in Q1 2018

The number of passengers served by Ukrainian transport companies in January-March decreased by 2.6% YoY, according to the data released by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “In January-March 1,120.9 million passengers used transportation services in Ukraine, or 97.4% of the volume in the same period in 2017 (excluding the temporarily occupied territories in the…