In January-September the Port of Tallinn handled 14.25 million tons of cargo, down by 9.2% YoY. According to the Port Authorities, transshipment of containers climbed by 5.5%, to 157,050 TEUs. Transshipment of general cargo grew by 18.5%, to 509,200 tons, dry bulk cargo – by 5%, to 2,857,200 tons, liquid bulk cargo dropped by 27%,…
Ukraine continued increasing flour exports at the beginning of 2017-2018: the country exported 72 KMT in the first two months of the season, or 20% more than at the same time last year (60 KMT was shipped abroad in July-August 2016). China is still the key end market for Ukrainian flour and keeps stepping up…
Kharkiv Bearing Plant (HARP), a part of UPEC industrial group, has signed a one-year contract to supply bearings to the largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery in Bulgaria – MetalAgro AD. According to the press release of the HARP, earlier MetalAgro AD used HARP AGRO bearings with a tight X-SHIELD sealing sold via HARP dealers. “For…
In January-August Belarus’ export of merchandise and services rose by 19.2% YoY, to $22.907 billion, the latest statistics released by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) shows. Belarus’ foreign trade in merchandise and services totaled $45.338 billion, up by 18.6%. Export amounted to $22.907 billion, up by 19.2%; import rose by 18%,…
In September the number of unemployed individuals in Kazakhstan was estimated to be 438,900 people, while the unemployment rate was 4.9% of the economically active population (4.9% in August), the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh National Economy Ministry reported. Official figures show that as of the end of September, 128,800 people, or 1.4% of the…
Over the month, Kyrgyzstan’s national debt grew by $97.71 million. Thus, since the beginning of the year, it has increased by $313.97 million, the Ministry of Finance reported. As of August 31, the state debt was $4,378.71 billion, or 300,764.62 billion soms. $3,984.54 billion (273,690.08 billion soms) is the country’s external debt, and $394.17 million…
The Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) held an auction on placement of short-term notes of Azerbaijan’s Central Bank (CBA) in the amount of 150 million manats with a maturity of 28 days, BSE said. The demand during the auction once again exceeded supply – banks submitted applications for 431.9 million manats. The entire amount put up…