Latvenergo’s energy trading company in Estonia – Elektrum Eesti – has commenced selling natural gas to business clients, as confirmed by the company. Elektrum Eesti is the second largest electrical energy trader in Estonia. Now it will also start selling natural gas in addition to electricity, expanding the company’s services. The company will offer gas…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept the forecast for GDP growth in Turkmenistan at 6.5%, according to the “Asian Development Outlook 2017 Update: Sustaining Development Through Public-Private Partnership”. According to the bank’s forecast, the economy of Turkmenistan will grow by 6.5% in 2018. Meanwhile, the ADB lowered its forecast for inflation in Turkmenistan for…
PJSC Kyivkhlib, the largest Kyiv producer of bread and bakery goods, in 2017 began to supply its own products to the United States. “We export long-term storage products – gingerbread, straws, dry bread crumbs, cracker rings. Most of all we ship to Germany. We supply products to Central Asia, the Baltic States, Israel, and Canada.…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman believes the goal for 2018 is to achieve economic growth in the amount of 5% of GDP. “We need a quality economic environment, we need investments that will allow us to grow rapidly in 2018. Our goal is more than 5% of GDP. This is what is achievable, something…
According to the Statistics Committee at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in August the production of wheat flour in the country increased by 6% MoM and totaled 291.5 thousand tons, which broke a record for the month. In the reporting month Kazakhstan produced 317.8 thousand tons of flour from grain…
The Estonian state-owned port company Port of Tallinn is planning on launching the first vehicle gateways outfitted with automatic license plate recognition as part of its EUR 7 million project to upgrade gates and waiting areas in Tallinn’s Old City Harbor. The Port of Tallinn will implement the Smart Port concept in Old City Harbor,…
The Riigikogu has ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which will give European companies the opportunity to operate under the same competition conditions as Canadian firms. 66 members of the Riigikogu voted in favor of the motion and 1 was against, according to a Riigikogu press release. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs…