Ukraine has concluded 16 free trade agreements over the years of independence, covering 45 countries, according to a report posted on Facebook by Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade and Ukraine’s Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska. The most extensive free trade agreement was concluded between Ukraine and the European Union (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade…
According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves totaled $6,664 million as of August 1, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. In July the country’s gold and foreign currency reserves went up…
One more Kazakhstani air carrier will fly to Europe after obtaining a TCO authorization, the Civil Aviation Committee under the Ministry for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan has reported. The committee confirmed that Kazakhstani airline Comlux-kz LLC had received the TCO authorization from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and become the authorized third-country (non-EU)…
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover rose by 11.1%, to $12.072 billion in January-June, compared with the same period of 2016, the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan reported. Uzbekistan has increased export operations by 13.1%, to $5.97 billion, imports – by 9.2%, to $6.102 billion. Foreign trade turnover with the CIS countries improved by…
Ukraine’s Energy and Coal Industry Ministry did not see grounds to increase prices of electricity and it had designed a scheme foreseeing no increase in the prices of gas, minister Ihor Nasalyk has said. “If you speak about the further growth of electricity, I do not see the grounds to increase the price of electricity…
Belarusian agrarians have already cropped over 2 million tons of grain, the Agriculture and Food Ministry reported. As of August 6, Belarus’ grain harvest exceeded 2.1 million tons. Brest region harvested 684,700 tons, Gomel region – 480,800 tons. Minsk region and Mogilev region cropped 427,400 and 185,900 tons each. The harvest of Grodno region reached…
Electricity consumption increased in Kyrgyzstan in July, the National Electric Networks of Kyrgyzstan JSC reported. According to it, the electricity consumption in the country’s power system for July amounted to 813.03 million kilowatt-hours, and the daily maximum power consumption reached 1,521 megawatts. For comparison, in July 2016, this figure was 751.96 million kilowatt-hours, the daily…