Astana – Almaty – Urumqi railway service will be launched via Altynkol (Kazakhstan) and Khorgos (China) border crossing points as per the agreements reached between “NC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” JSC and China Railway. The launch of the new railway service is dated to the International specialized exhibition “EXPO-2017”. Altynkol is a large railway hub and…
The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan sold 169 kg of gold in measured ingots for 468 million soms, the Chairman of the NB KR Tolkunbek Abdygulov said at the parliament session. According to him, these ingots have never been ordered from foreign countries. Kyrgyzaltyn produces them. The project for the sale of gold bars was launched…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved an agreement on cooperation in the railway sphere signed by the Cabinet and the government of Serbia in Belgrade in June 2013. According to an explanatory note to the document, its endorsement would create a reliable international legal tool for implementing and stepping up bilateral intergovernmental relations, the conditions…
Ukraine’s State Service for Food Safety and Consumers Protection has reported that nine more Ukrainian enterprises have been permitted to supply dairy products to China. “Earlier 18 companies had the right to export dairy products to the Chinese market. Our Chinese colleagues expanded this list by nine companies, to 27 Ukrainian enterprises,” State Service for…
The trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan has increased greatly in the past two years. This was announced at an intergovernmental meeting in Dushanbe on June 21, headed by Tajik First Deputy Prime Minister Davlatali Said and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Ulugbek Rosikulov. In 2016, the trade turnover between the two countries hit $69 million,…
In January-April Azerbaijan decreased wheat imports by 47.6% YoY, to 261.1 thousand tons, the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan declared. According to the statistics figures, the general cost of imported wheat to the country totaled $48.461 million (down by 48.1%). In the reporting period Azerbaijan imported 32.19 thousand tons of vegetable oils…
Saeima’s Budget and Finance Commission has expressed unanimous conceptual support for amendments to the Law on Taxes and Duties. These amendments provide for the introduction of electronic working time tracking system in construction, Saeima’s press-service reported. Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola told members of the Saeima that a solution for electronic working time tracking was achieved…