A bill of amendments to the Alcohol Act and Advertising Act set to further restrict Estonia’s alcohol policy, which passed the first reading in the Riigikogu in March, has since been eased significantly in the Riigikogu. “We removed square meters of the size of the stores from the bill, and the new wording is that…
In January-November the port of Ventspils handled 18.5 million tons of cargo, up by 9% YoY. According to the port authority, in November the port handled 1.5 million tons of cargo. The growth was mainly driven by the increase in transshipment of coal and cargoes carried by ferries. The number of passenger carried by Ventspils-Nynashamn…
As of late October Azerbaijani banks’ liabilities to the country’s Central Bank (CBA) decreased to 566.6 million manats, or almost 3-fold compared to the volume of liabilities in early 2017, according to the report of the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority. Since the beginning of the year, banks have reduced their liabilities by 21.4%, from…
Ukraine in January-November supplied 8,174 tons of cheese to foreign markets, up by 12.6% YoY. According to customs statistics, released by the State Fiscal Service, in monetary terms shipments of these products increased by 34.8%, to $29.14 million. Cheese imports in January-November amounted to 8,785 tons, increasing by 43% YoY. The country imported products worth…
In January-November the Nikolaev seaport increased the transshipment of cargo by 4.8% YoY, to 21.32 million tons, the press service of seaports Administration of Ukraine reported. In particular, the transshipment of imported cargoes increased by 22.8%, to 5 million tons during the reported period, transit shipments rose by 14.3%, to 1.137 million tons, at the…
From January 1, 2018 written declaring of imported and exported cash foreign currency in the amount of up to $2,000 is canceled in Uzbekistan. When importing and exporting more than $2,000, the entire amount is declared in writing. Export of cash foreign currency outside of Uzbekistan is now carried out without any permits within the…
In January-November the Freeport of Riga handled 31,116,900 tons of cargo, down by 6.7% YoY. Coal transshipment fell by 5.8%, to 11.02 million tons, oil products – by 30.5%, to 5.23 million tons, wood pellets increased by 17.9%, to 578,000 tons, ore – by 32.5%, to 467,600 tons. The port’s container throughput grew by 16.8%,…