Farmers Saeima believes Latvia’s beef industry is not sufficiently developed, and existing farms have not been sufficiently stabilized – many farms have major debt. Because of that any kind of support for the industry is welcome. Considering the recently voiced information about the possible reduction of voluntary support for livestock in 2017, the Farmers Saeima…
Belarus’ rail freight volume for the first half of 2017 increased to 68.442 million tons, by 14.9% YoY, Belarusian Railways reported. Rail freight for export reached 25.97 million tons, up by 7.5% YoY. Transit traffic volume amounted to 19.272 million tons, which makes up for a 24.5% increase. In January-June Belarusian Railways secured the loading…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to provide funding for the construction of a road in Barda. Under the presidential order, AZN 6.8 million is allocated from the Presidential Contingency Fund for the construction of Yeni Dashkend-Umudalilar road connecting 17 residential areas with the population of 15,000 people. (AzerNews/Business World Magazine)
The consolidated index of production of goods and services in Ukraine in January-June rose by 2.2%, GDP growth is estimated at 2.5% plus or minus 0.3%, according to data released by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. The ministry said the increased consumer and investment demand amidst the improved business and consumer sentiment, as…
Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs) produced 210.36 million kWh of electricity on July 25, the press-service of Ukraine’s State Enterprise “National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom” reports. On July 26, 11 out of 15 power units were functioning at the Ukrainian power plants. It was the 161st day of the average planned repair at power…
The pace of sunseed crushing slowed down to some extent in June against the previous month. Consequently, sunoil production by large and medium-sized crushers amounted to 451.4 KMT in June 2016-2017 against 491.2 KMT a month earlier. Monthly output still remains at a record level. In total, Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced as much…
Latvian Association of Regions proposes establishing micro-enterprise tax rate at 12% instead of 15%, as well as state that calendar year turnover for micro-enterprises is not to be reduced to EUR 40,000, as it is proposed by the government, but to be kept at the current restriction – under EUR 100,000. Of the 28 proposals…