Kazakhstan: FDI up in 2016

Foreign direct investment in the country increased by 4.7% to 6 trillion tenge ($18.12 billion) in January-November, according to Kazakh Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev. “Realisation of industrial-innovative and infrastructural projects within the state program Nurly Zhol and the anti-crisis programs contributed to the growth. Since the beginning of the year, we have been…

Ukraine: CNBM to challenge Rada’s decision in international court to cut feed-in tariff for solar power plants

China’s CNBM International Corporation is mulling the challenging of the decision of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada to cut the feed-in tariff for large solar power plants in an international arbitration court, CNBM International Corporation Board Chairman Jinsong Zhang reported. The company said that the payback period of CNBM’s solar power plants sharply increased over the decision…

Belarus: margarine output up in October 2016

According to the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Belarus, output of margarine and similar food products increased to 1.5 KMT in October from 1.3 KMT in September. Margarine production in the ten months of 2016 (January-October) amounted to 13.1 KMT. Belarusian production of mayonnaises and other emulsified sauces fell to 1.6 KMT in…