Russian national flag carrier Aeroflot is not considering the possibility of selling its stake in affiliate Rossiya Airlines, a representative of Aeroflot reported. Earlier mass media reported citing three federal officials that Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich had ordered the Transport Ministry to prepare suggestions for a sale of Rossiya Airlines by Aeroflot. “The issue…
Nibulon’s transshipment terminal in Kherson region has officially handled 1 million tons of grain and oilseeds. The terminal began operation in 2012. In its four years of operation the terminal has received, processed and shipped 481,000 tons of wheat, 244,100 tons of barley, 139,700 tons of corn, 91,200 tons of rapeseed and 57,000 tons of…
On September 12-18, hot weather retained all over Moldova with lack of rains. Average air temperatures during the week reached +19-22.4 C, which was higher than the norm by 5-6 C. Maximum air temperature increased to +34 C, which was observed once in 20 years. At 80% of the territory total sum of precipitations was…
The passenger traffic at Minsk Airport grew by 10.7% YoY in August to 422,600 people, the airport authorities said in a release. In August Minsk Airport provided service support to 2,270 flights. All in all, in January-August the passenger traffic at Minsk Airport totaled 2.254 million (+19.7%), with service support provided to 15,043 flights (+15.8%).…
In August Ukraine imported 16 KMT of palm oil against 12.3 KMT in July 2016 and 12.8 KMT in August 2015. Total volume imported in 2015/2016 (September-August) was 24% higher than over the last season. Thus, total imports equaled 181.2 KMT against 145.7 KMT in 2015/2016. Malaysia and Indonesia traditionally remained the main suppliers of…
The Belarusian confectionery factory Kommunarka pays increasing attention to the Chinese market, Kommunarka Director General Ivan Danchenko said. Ivan Danchenko said that Belarusian confectionery products were underrepresented in China. This country accounts for a small share of Kommunarka’s exports. However, in recent years, the company has been paying increasing attention to this market. To attract…
According to regional agricultural departments, as of September 21, Kazakh agrarians harvested grains throughout 11.357 million ha, or 73.9% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 16.974 million tons of grains, up by 6.7 million tons YoY. The average yield totaled…