A modern technology called horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has been used for ensuring the crossing of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) through Albania’s Seman river, which is another first for the country, said the message on TAP’s website. In November TAP began complex work for crossing an approximately 1.1 km stretch in the Albanian region of…
On November 9, the government of Moldova approved of several changes to the ways of importing oil products through the Eastern border of the Republic of Moldova, in other words through the separatist region of Transnistria. Thus, the Customs Office will allow until December 31, the imports of oil products coming through Novosavitskaya-Cuciurgan checkpoint and…
The UK’s air carrier British Airways has closed down its representative office in Azerbaijan. Creditors may submit their claims within two months to: Hyatt Tower-2, 8, Izmir Street, Yasamal district, Baku, Azerbaijan. British Airways suspended flights on the London-Baku route and vice versa from May 1. The last flight on the London-Baku-London route was implemented…
Revenues in the sugar segment of Astarta amounted to EUR 100 million (46% of consolidated revenues). Sugar sales volumes corrected by 11% to 237 thousand tons on the advancing market. Almost 45 thousand tons of white sugar (19% of aggregate sales) was exported. Eight Astarta sugar plants had processed nearly 2 million tons of sugar…
As of November 8, winter crops had been sown at 6844 thousand ha, or 93% of the forecast area – 7374 thousand ha. This included 5836 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale – 94% from the planned (5573 thousand ha in 2015), 157 thousand ha of rye – 106% (144 thousand ha in 2015),…
Azerbaijan plans to organize an export mission to Egypt in 2016, Rufat Mammadov, head of Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO), reported. Mammadov recalled that currently, the export mission of Azerbaijani entrepreneurs was in China, and the mission to Dubai, the UAE, would be organized until the end of 2016. “Entrepreneurs, who will visit…
In 2015/2016 Kazakhstan exported 2157 KMT of flour, up by 27% YoY. The key importer of the last season was Afghanistan, doubling purchases to 1174 KMT flour against 660 KMT in 2014/2015 and accounting for 54% in the total flour export structure against 39% in 2014/2015. Uzbekistan also increased purchases but not essentially (+4%). Exports…