The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine estimated the general grain harvest in the country in 2016 at the level of 64.2 million tons with the average yield of 4.48 ton/ha, up by 4 million tons YoY, the press-service of the ministry declared. In particular, corn will form the major growing trends to…
Britain’s Crown Agents has signed an agreement with Ukraine’s Health Ministry for 10 medicine procurement programs using 2016 budget funds. Crown Agents said in a press release that the agency would procure medicines and medical products worth 932.22 million UAH for the ministry. At present, Crown Agents has signed agreement to procure medicines to treat…
The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units (BZTDiA) will ship the first batch of tractors to the UK in December, the company’s Marketing Department reported. The Belarusian company and Belarus Tractor Ltd (Banwell, UK) signed an agreement in late November. The agreement will classify the company as an official dealer…
Bad credits in the banking system of Moldova amounted to 16.29% as of the end of October, up by 0.52% MoM. Compared with October 2015, it increased by 6.48% or 1.7 times from 9.81%, NBM reports. The biggest shares of bad credits were recorded by Victoriabank – 33.82% (against 32.92% in September and 11.15% in…
On November 26 – December 2, Ukraine exported 922.5 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 836.3 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 403.9 thousand tons, corn – 456.4 thousand tons, and barley – 62.2 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In the current year, the general grain harvest in Kazakhstan totaled 21.5 million tons in clean weight, the Vice Minister of Agriculture Gulmira Isayeva declared. Earlier the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan forecast the harvest volumes at the level of 23.68 million tons, including 17.8 million tons of wheat, 3.3 million tons of barley, 502.6…
Fitch Ratings has assigned Armenian capital city of Yerevan Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of “B+” and a Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR of “B”. The Outlooks on the Long-Term IDRs are Stable. The ratings reflect Yerevan’s status as Armenia’s capital, satisfactory budgetary performance, supported by steady transfers from the central government,…