Turkmen Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting with the Georgian delegation headed by country’s Deputy Finance Minister Nikoloz Gagua, in Ashgabat. The sides discussed issues of trade and economic relations, as well as possibilities of major strategic projects in this area. “The Turkmen side expressed its commitment to the development of cooperation with the countries of…
Raiffeisen Bank Aval (Kyiv) has issued a loan in the national currency for UAH 400 million to the International Finance Corporation (IFC). According to the website of Raiffeisen Bank Aval, the loan is granted for eight years. The IFC will use the funds raised to finance the investment projects of Ukrainian companies. “We are working…
Industrial prices in Ukraine in July decreased by 0.6%, while in June they fell by 0.6%, in May by 1.3% and increased in April by 1.6% and in March by 3.5%, the State Statistics Service has said. Industrial prices growth in July to July 2016 slowed to 23.3% from 26.3% in June, 27.1% in May,…
In January-July the sea terminal Nika-Tera (Sea Special Port Nika-Tera LLC, Mykolaiv, part of Group DF) increased transshipment of cargoes by 48.3% YoY, to 2.533 million tons, the press-service of the company reported. In particular, in the cargo turnover structure the share of grain transshipment totaled 63.2% (1.6 million tons), bulk cargoes – 31.4% (796.2…
Flour exports from Kazakhstan somewhat expanded in June. The country supplied 180.9 KMT of flour to foreign markets that month, up by 10% MoM and by 5% YoY. In the ten months of the 2016-2017 season, Kazakh flour exports totaled 1942.6 KMT, up by 3.6% YoY (1874.9 KMT). Afghanistan’s share in Kazakh flour exports expanded…
As of August 7, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 32.655 million tons of grains and pulses throughout the areas of 8.67 million ha, or 90% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.77 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. In particular, agrarians harvested winter wheat throughout 5.682 million ha (92% of the…
Latvian milk processing companies have successfully recovered from Russia’s embargo, and have found other export markets, says Central Union of Latvian Dairy Farmers chairman Janis Solks. “Even now many media outlets, including foreign ones associated with the former USSR system, are trying to provoke us by saying that we are still having problems because of…