According to the Customs Control Committee at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in July-April of 2016-2017 MY the shipments of Kazakh flour to China totaled 10.1 thousand tons, up by 145% YoY, and up 12-fold from July-April of 2014-2015 MY. At the same time, such growth figures moved China to the…
Since the beginning of the season (July 1, 2016), and as of June 13 Ukraine exported 42.3 million tons of grains, up by 4.8 million tons YoY, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared on June 14, with reference to the State Fiscal Service. In particular, Ukraine supplied 19.7 million tons of…
The legislative draft, which is intended to ratify the agreement for the formation of Rail Baltica railway connection in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, was supported unanimously by Saeima’s Foreign Affairs Committee on June 14. The goal of the agreement is ensuring effective and quick establishment of European railway line for passenger and cargo transports on…
The reduction of the customs duty on the export of potash fertilizers will not substantially influence the state budget, Belarusian First Deputy Finance Minister Maxim Yermolovich declared after an expanded-participation session of the Budget and Finance Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus on June 14. When asked whether this…
Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Daniyar Akishev has met with the American Chamber of Commerce. At the meeting Akishev noted that the National Bank as the central bank of the country closely monitored trends in and outside the country and assumed measures taking into account global trends and challenges. “Kazakhstan…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has proposed retaining expense expenditures for 2018 at 5% of GDP, according to the draft bill “Budget policy basics for 2018-2020 (Budget Resolution).” “The priority is supporting defense and security: expenditures for this sphere for 2018 will be at 5% of GDP,” Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said, presenting the resolution. “Within…
Ukraine’s state-owned enterprise Antonov will take part in the 52nd International Paris Air Show to be held at the Le Bourget Parc des Expositions on June 19-25, according to the company’s post on Facebook. The company noted that An-132D, being a prototype of An-132 multi-purpose transport aircraft, would be presented on the international level for…