According to forecasts of the US Department of Agriculture, in the new season the harvest volumes of wheat in Kazakhstan will decrease by 13% YoY, to 13 million tons. Domestic consumption of wheat will keep at the current season level – 6.9 million tons. A decline in wheat usage for seeds will compensate for growing…
Since the beginning of 2017, Ukraine has sent most of its honey exports to the United States, totaling $12.6 million, the press service of the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reports. “The United States has been the major importer of Ukrainian honey during the period. The export deliveries of honey to this country came…
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev singed a decree to create the free economic zones Nukus-pharm, Zomin-pharm, Kosonsoy-pharm, Sirdaryo-pharm, Boysun-pharm, Bustonlik-pharm, and Parkent-pharm, in efforts to draw investment to the pharmaceutical industry, produce high-quality medicine, boost Karakalpakstan, Djizzak, Namangan, Sirdarya, Surkhandarya and Tashkent’s industrial capacities, and create new jobs. With pharmacy bearing much importance, Uzbekistan has always paid…
OTP Bank in January-March saw a 14.6% fall in net profit, to UAH 279.492 million. Its net interest income narrowed by 37.5%, to UAH 483.17 million. Not taking into account spending on reserves, net interest income totaled UA 447.34 million (up by 18.8% YoY). Commission income grew by 22.1%, to UAH 249.063 million. The bank…
The Ukrainian Automobile Corporation (UkrAVTO) at the end of April supplied two first low-deck medium class city buses ZAZ10C out of 11 foreseen in the contract to Warbus (Poland), the press service of the corporation reported. Buses made by Zaporizhia Automobile Plant (ZAZ) after their presentation to city authorities are used in the streets of…
In January-March the average wage of Ukrainians working in the mining and quarrying sector totaled UAH 8,533, up by 24.7% from the average wage of those employed in the industrial sector. This is the data released by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. In particular, in January-March the average wage of Ukrainians working in the…
Tajikistan’s oil product imports are continuing to decrease while the country’s liquefied gas imports are continuing to increase. Over the first quarter of this year, Tajikistan’s oil product imports have fallen by 12% while its liquefied gas imports have risen by nearly 3% YoY. According to the statistical data from the Customs Service, Tajikistan has…