In 2016 the imports of wheat to Tajikistan totaled over 1.34 million tons, up by 16.9% YoY. Kazakhstan was the main country-supplier of wheat, the Head of the Antimonopoly service at the Government of Tajikistan Sajdi Kodirzoda said. Also, in the reporting period Tajikistan imported nearly 88.8 thousand tons of flour (the average price totaled…
In January Ukraine’s wholesale and retail sugar prices increased by 5.5% on average, and now they are ranging between UAH 14.10 and UAH 14.50 per kilogram. The increase in sugar prices was caused by growing prices on the global market. This has been reported by the press service of Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia should in 2017 complete the separation of individual directions in the company’s activities, as well as introduce European standards of corporate governance, the head of the company supervisory board, First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yevhen Kravtsov said. “In 2016 the company’s management focused on stabilization of management processes in the company. The supervisory…
Russian banks share in Kazakhstan’s banking sector is decreasing, Kazakh Finprom.kz analytical center said in a message. The share of Russian banks in the deposit portfolio of Kazakh banking sector decreased from 10.8% to 8.1% in November 2015 – November 2016, in loan portfolio – from 9.6% to 8.1%. This reduction mainly resulted from the…
Business circles of Uzbekistan and Ukraine signed bilateral agreements in the diplomatic mission of Uzbekistan in Kiev, aimed at increasing the volume of exports of the Uzbek producers. In particular, representatives of JSC Uzsanoateksport and JSC Uztadbirkoreksport signed agreements for a total amount of $7.05 million on the export of products of domestic manufacturers, namely…
Profit of gold refinery of Kyrgyzaltyn JSC in Kara-Balta on the results of 2016 has grown by half. Profit of the refinery in 2016 amounted to 132.5 million soms, up by 84.1 million soms YoY. In 2012-2015, profit of the gold refinery did not exceed 80 million soms. Volume of refinery’s output also increased by…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has raised its forecast for the growth of Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2017 to 2.8% from 2.5% and lowered the one for 2018 to 3% from 3.5%, the NBU has said. According to the central bank’s estimates, economic growth in 2016 stood at 1.8%. According to the…