In 2016 Ukrainian exports of fresh cranberries and bilberries reached 2,900 tons (valued at $6.9 million), 3.3 times as high as in 2015, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Poland (1,418 tons), the Netherlands (613 tons) and Belarus (541 tons) were the leading export destinations for those berries. An increase…
Internet stores continue becoming more and more popular among residents. The number of transactions using Visa payment cards issued by PrivatBank has grown by 6.1% YoY in the first six months of 2017, according to data compiled by PrivatBank. January and March were the hottest months for Internet shopping in this year’s six-month period. The…
The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant will be commissioned in December 2019, Anatoly Bondar, Chief Engineer of the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, said. It was reported earlier that the first unit was scheduled to come online in 2019, and the second one in 2020. “The deadline for the commissioning of…
Kazakhstan’s single national pharmacy and medical equipment procurement operator SK-Pharmacy has purchased almost 1.5 million influenza vaccines for the season of 2017, the company’s press-service reports. According to the Chairman of the Board of SK-Pharmacy Maxim Kasatkin, this year the government has spent 1.2 billion tenge on free vaccination of the most vulnerable groups of…
The total amount of funds that have already been allocated for carrying out road works in Ukraine in 2017 exceeded UAH 20 billion, while the length of repaired roads exceeds 750 kilometers, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said. In addition, he said patch work had been done on 40,000 km of roads. According…
Ukraine’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv says the draft national budget for 2018 has already been endorsed by all ministries and is to be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration within the timeframe established by law, i.e. before September 15. “As of now, the revenue and expenditure parts of the budget…
Compared to July 2016, construction costs increased by 1.7%. Labor remuneration of workers grew by 4.4%, prices of building materials increased by 1.3%, while maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment rose by 0.5%. Compared to June, the level of construction costs in Latvia increased by 0.1% in July. Labor remuneration of workers increased…