The state-owned company Ukrspecexport, a part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom and Ukraine’s main exporter of all types of weapons and military equipment, increased its net profit by 69% YoY in January-March, to UAH 64.34 million ($2.4 million) from UAH 38 million ($1.4 million). Net revenue from sales of products in Q1 stood at UAH…
Mogilev companies are planning to branch out into the Japanese meat and dairy market. Relevant contracts may be concluded at the first Belarusian-Japanese economic forum in Japan on May 9-11, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Japan Ruslan Yesin announced. “The forthcoming forum will include meetings between Mogilev meat and dairy producers and Japanese…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia on May 8, the consumer price index (CPI) in April increased by 0.4% MoM and by 2.9% YoY. Compared to April 2017 goods were 3.2% and services 2.4% more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 7.6% and non-regulated prices by 1.6% compared to last…
A new composition of asphalt is for the first time used in Bishkek for repair of roads, the head of the Capital Construction Department Nurlan Eshenbaev reported. “The difficulty is that our manufacturers have no experience in it. The components are slightly different. This causes a delay in repairing the streets,” he said. “The use…
In April Ukrainian producers delivered 41,800 tons of sugar to foreign markets, down by 12% MoM (47,200 tons in March), the press service of the Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine reported. “Although the pace of shipments slightly decreased, the geography of exports has not changed. Most shipments were made to Uzbekistan –…
Ukrainian agricultural producers reported that the planted areas under buckwheat would reduce, due to expansion of the areas under late spring crops, including corn and sunflower seed. At the same time, the situation developed due to some decline of prices for the crop. According to agrarians, to date the average bid price for buckwheat totals…
Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves exceeded $7 billion as of May 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) reported. According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, totaled $7.038 billion (in…