Belarusian broiler farms have plans to obtain certificates to sell to the Chinese market, Belarus Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats said on the sidelines of the international agricultural expo Belagro 2017 on June 6. “We have boosted our supplies to the Chinese market. On June 16, we will welcome specialists from the General Administration…
The State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan transferred almost 974.9 million manats to the state budget in January-May, up by 14.6% YoY, according to the Committee’s report. The Committee transferred almost 216.8 million manats to the state budget in May. Revenues from customs duties amounted to 57.8 million manats, from the value added tax – 149.91…
Ukraine’s total state direct and government-guaranteed debt in April grew by 2.7%, or by UAH 21.12 billion ($1.95 billion), to UAH 1.973 trillion ($74.31 billion), Ukraine’s Finance Ministry reported on its website. Since the beginning of the year the total state (direct) and government-guaranteed debt in dollar terms has increased by 4.7%. According to the…
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has supported the idea of curtailing bus and railways travel to and from the Russian Federation and establishing a visa regime with that country. “As a citizen of Ukraine I support the idea,” Omelyan said, adding it was up to Ukraine’s government to make the final decision. Omelyan, meanwhile,…
Compared to April 2016, industrial production output increased by 9.6% in April 2017. Industrial production output in manufacturing grew by 6.2%, in mining and quarrying by 20.7%, and in electricity and gas supply by 18.8%. Increase in manufacturing was significantly affected by the rise in manufacture of electrical equipment (by 31.9%), manufacture of computer, electronic…
Belarus has raised more than $140 million in direct investment from Finland over the past five years, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Finland and concurrently to the Kingdom of Denmark Alexander Ostrovsky said. Finland is among top 20 investors of Belarus. Last year alone, the volume of investments amounted to $12.5 million, of…
Kostanay-Moscow flight has been relaunched and will be operated three times a week. Assistant to director of the Kostanay airport Alexander Andreyev revealed that the renewal of the Kostanay-Moscow flight had been long time in the making. As a result, Aeroflot air carrier made the best proposal. “The airline carried out the first successful flight…