The Ukroboronprom State Concern expects that tests will be conducted and the Ukrainian Navy will accept a radiosonic system created at the enterprises of the concern and used during the Sea Breeze 2017 multinational military drills in Odessa on July 10-22 with 16 countries taking part. The press service of the concern reported that the…
In January-June the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in Ukraine totaled 2.87 million tons, up by 34.9% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in June Ukraine produced 451 thousand tons of sunflower oil, down by 8.1% MoM, but up by 45.2% YoY. Also, in January-June Ukrainian flour milling enterprises produced…
Finance Ministry has plans to raise excise tax on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes even more rapidly, according to proposals prepared by the ministry to the Excise Tax Law. These proposals have been submitted to the Saeima for approval in the final reading. FM explains that it is necessary because there are plans to apply greater…
In January-June Ukraine exported 8,400 tons of potatoes worth $300,000, 95% of which was purchased by Belarus, the Ukrainian Agrarian Conference reported with a reference to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. “Belarus purchased 95% of Ukrainian potatoes indented for export, Moldova – another 2.6%,” reads a report. In January-June Ukraine exported 68% more potatoes…
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili sent a letter to his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Turkmen government said in a message. In his letter, Margvelashvili expressed readiness to deepen and expand mutually beneficial partnership with Turkmenistan. The Georgian president pointed…
Around 350 proposals have been received by the Latvian parliament in relation to tax reform laws. Last week, the Saeima supported tax reform laws in the first reading. This week, on the other hand, it is planned to review them in the final reading. Janis Vucans, head of Saeima’s Budget and Finance Committee, had previously…
Ukrainian air carriers increased passenger transportation by 40% YoY in January-June, to 4.6 million people, according to the State Statistics Service. Passenger turnover for the period under review soared by 45.8%, to 8.9 million passengers/km, the report said. Air freight for the first 6 months of 2017 fell by 8.9%, to 4,000 tons, while cargo…