Azerbaijan’s GDP amounted to 49.2 billion manats in January-October, down by 3.7% YoY, the country’s finance minister Samir Sharifov said. He made the remarks during a discussion on the draft state budget and the concept of social and economic development for 2017 and the next three years. The discussions on the draft state budget at…
According to Kazakh statistics committee, stocks of grains and legumes at all the enterprises as of November 1, were 18.84 MMT against 17.75 MMT on the same date in 2015 (+6.1%). Wheat stocks increased by 2.3%, to 15 MMT, which included 12.88 MMT of milling wheat and 978.9 KMT of feed wheat, 1149.2 KMT for…
In the current year the market of domestic consumption of organic products in Ukraine will grow by 17.6% and exceed the level of 20 million EUR, against 17 million EUR last year, the Head of the Organic Federation of Ukraine Eugene Milovanov declared. According to him, Ukraine has more than 210 certified organic small- and…
In a statement delivered at the Water Summit 2016 in Budapest, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted that the government of Tajikistan was continuously focused on the issues of effective use of water resources, water loss reduction, water quality improvement and reduction of water resources pollution. “To that end, the Water Sector Reform Program (2016-2025) approved…
The Asian Development Bank approved of a $154 million loan to improve horticulture in Uzbekistan. “ADB’s support will help to expand access to long-term financing for farmers engaged in horticulture, and businesses involved in the supply chain in the field of horticulture”, Bui Minh Ghaip, senior economist for natural resources and agriculture at Regional Department…
A state-owned stake of 99.9945% of the Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UBRD, Kyiv) has been sold at the starting price of 82.827 million UAH, Ukraine’s State Property Fund (SPF) has said. The fund received a bid only from one buyer and the shares could be sold at the price proposed to the buyer,…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has stated that Ukrainian aviation industry could both produce components for aircraft independently and buy them in other countries, but not from the Russian Federation. “As for components, we can approximate localization to a maximum of 100%, as well as now we have the possibility of buying components not…