According to the official statistics figures, in July-April of the season 2016-2017 Ukraine exported 67.86 thousand tons of brewing barley, up 10.4-fold YoY (6.5 thousand tons). In the current MY, Belarus (53%), Poland (30%) and Romania (16%) became the main foreign buyers of brewing barley from Ukraine. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Belarus is ready to supply Tatarstan with electric buses, Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said as he met with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on May 25. “Electric buses are being tested on Minsk streets today. It is a new type of transport for the CIS and we hope for a success of the project,” Andrei…
The board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to lower the refinancing rate to 12.5% as of May 26, from 13% per annum. The decision was sealed in NBU resolution No. 318-rsh dated May 25, the NBU said in a statement. (Interfax-Ukraine/Business World Magazine)
According to the Ag Ministry of Ukraine, sunflower planting was completed on 5223.1 thousand ha as of May 22, that is 97% of the planned 5390.3 thousand ha (official data). Planting runs 4.8% ahead of last year’s pace. 4985 thousand ha of sunflower was sown at the same time a year ago. As of May…
Construction work has commenced in Ventspils industrial territory on Talsu Street 200. Latvian National Fisheries Producers’ Organization plans to build a fish freezer facility there, as reported by Ventspils Freeport. It is noted that the 7.3 ha territory on Talsu Street 200, which was used to house an animal farm during the Soviet era, remained…
Belarus and Russia’s Tatarstan should restore their trade to the level of $2 billion, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said as he met with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on May 25. “Tatarstan is one of our key trading partners in Russia. We have eventually brought our trade back on the growth path. According to our…
Tajikistan has presented its National Development Strategy for the Period to 2030 at the headquarters of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, China. According to the SCO’s official website, a roundtable dedicated to Tajikistan’s National Development Strategy for the Period to 2030 took place at the SCO headquarters on May 24. The meeting was…