Ukraine: car imports down in 2016

In 2016 Ukraine imported almost 122,954 motor vehicles, totaling more than $1.9 billion. This is reported by UkrAutoprom (Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association) on its website. In contrast to the previous year, Ukraine’s car imports increased by one third in 2016, while foreign currency expenses for their purchase rose by 74%. Most imports consisted of…

Uzbekistan: airways to fly to Burgas and Barcelona

Uzbekistan Airways is planning to launch charter flights to Burgas and Barcelona this summer. Charter flights aim at popularizing and realizing Uzbekistan’s tourism potential on Bulgaria and Spain’s markets. Recent charters to Bulgaria in summer 2016 and the Maldives in winter 2016-2017 have brought more foreign tourists to Uzbekistan and showed that Uzbek citizens were…