According to Rufco Company, grain freight rates remained steady in the Azov Sea basin. Trading activity declined slightly, grain exports did not meet expectations of shipowners, first of all regarding shipments to Turkey. Supply of free “river-sea” fleet exceeded demand in spot market. In the Caspian Sea grain freight rates continued to strengthen. Shipments of…
The TOP-3 of companies-leaders in wheat exports remains unchanged and includes the following: Nibulon Ltd, PJSC State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine, and Cargill AT, which jointly supplied more than 20% of the annual export volumes (nearly 3.5 million tons) to the global market. The TOP-10 of wheat exporters shipped more than 6.5 million…
The number of registered unemployed people in Ukraine grew by 100,000 YoY and reached 1.8 million. Acting Chairman of the State Employment Service Valeriy Yaroshenko said this at a press conference on Tuesday. “In the first quarter of 2016, the number of unemployed totaled almost 1 million 800 thousand people. Compared to the previous year,…
Russia was ranked first in a list of commodity-based economies by foreign investment diversification, according to an analytical survey conducted by the Financial Times. According to the survey covering the period from 2003 till 2015, Russia raised investments in more than 4,000 new initiatives across 39 analyzed sectors. Financial services, industrial machinery, food, tobacco and…
Russia’s state-controlled gas company Gazprom announced in its quarterly report that it has given up licenses for exploration and development of the Sariqamish and Western Shohambari gas fields in Tajikistan. The report, in particular, notes that the central commission for mineral development and license movement management has decided to give up the licenses in connection…
Tashkent International Airport introduced an automated system of luggage scanning, which allows to decrease time of luggage processing. The system was introduced to improve quality of services, provided to population. The airline said that the new system was launched in April. The system allows to decrease time of issuing of luggage to passengers. Number of…
Over the first seven months of this year, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electrical power, has amounted to about $2.21 billion, down by 8.1% YoY, or by $56.6 million, according the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. The trade balance in January-July has been negative and amounted to more than $1.203…