The European Union (EU) and Azerbaijan must focus on the expansion of agricultural trade volume, head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Kestutis Jankauskas said. He said that despite EU being the main trade partner of Azerbaijan, the trade turnover volume in agricultural sector was low. “Export of agricultural products from Azerbaijan to the EU…
Since the beginning of 2017-2018 MY, and as of November 1, Ukraine exported nearly 14 million tons of grains, down by 1 million tons YoY, the Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection (SSUFSCP), Volodymyr Lapa within frames of the second conference “Grain exports from Ukraine” declared. He noted…
Ukraine’s honey exports hit an all-time high in the first nine months of 2017 on the back of the increased demand in the United States and Europe, according to an official from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). According to Anna Burka, the FAO consultant, Ukraine supplied abroad a record of 46,200 tons…
Northeastern Estonia-based shale oil producer Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) lost in court in an oil shale dispute against state-owned energy group Eesti Energia and the Estonian Competition Authority. Tallinn Administrative Court decided not to satisfy a claim filed by VKG AS and VKG Oil AS regarding the termination of a supervision proceeding. The Estonian Competition…
Annual consumption of alcohol in Estonia declined to 9.9 liters of absolute alcohol per adult resident in 2016, it appears from an annual review presented at a conference of the National Institute for Health Development (NIHD). According to the same data, published in the yearbook titled “Alcohol Market, Consumption and Harms in Estonia 2017,” 11.1…
Latvian national airline, airBaltic, plans to launch Riga-Almaty flights next year. “I can now say that starting next year airBaltic will fly through Almaty. I think it will be a direct flight between Riga and Almaty. This year, we have obtained new Bombardier CS 300 aircrafts. Besides, nearly 60 direct flights connect Latvia with other…
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) will hold a deposit auction on November 6 to raise funds, the CBA said on November 2. CBA is ready to receive 100 million Azerbaijani manats from banks, with interest rate on deposits varying from 10.01% to 14.99%. The auction will be held on the Bloomberg trading platform. The…