Belarus: food exports up in January-April 2018

Belarus’ food exports rose by 9.3% YoY in January-April, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats declared on the sidelines of the international agriculture expo Belagro 2018. “Belarus’ agriculture industry has shown positive dynamics during the period under review. Gross output increased by 3.5%. The production of milk went up by 80,000 tons, that of…

Ukraine: construction costs up in January-April 2018

Costs of construction and assembly services in Ukraine rose by 23.4% YoY in January-April. Over the period under review, costs of construction and assembly of civil engineering facilities, as well as commercial buildings and complex industrial facilities increased the most – by 28.1% and by 23.8%, respectively. The lowest increase was recorded in the construction…

Kazakhstan: peas lose Turkish market

Although the crop of peas in Kazakhstan increased substantially in 2017, their exports have started sinking. The reasons include both intensifying competition among exporters of this crop and weaker foreign demand. Kazakhstan exported some 20.2 thousand tons of peas in the first seven months of 2017-2018 (September-March), down 4-fold YoY. Turkey, which has been the…