Belarus plans to increase its industrial production in Moldova, Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said, as he commented on the forthcoming official visit to Moldova. “We have been steadily developing bilateral cooperation. A number of assembly plants have already been set up. We plan new companies and think of increasing production”, Andrei Kobyakov said. According…
Belarus’ cargo traffic by all means of transport reduced by 4.5% YoY in January-August to 285.566 million tons, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report. Cargo transportation by railways in January-August stood at 81.602 million tons (down by 5% YoY), including transit cargo traffic – 20 million tons (down by 22.3%).…
OAO Belagroprombank is planning to attract the loan of the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) to sponsor environmental projects. The relevant agreement was signed by the bank and NEFCO on September 28, in Minsk. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) is an International Financial Institution established by the Nordic Governments in 1990. NEFCO provides results-based…
In January-August the joint index of costs for production of agricultural commodities in Ukraine (without the Crimea) increased by 12.4% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine informed. In particular, the costs for plant growing commodities production went up by 9.1% YoY, and animal commodities – by 20.9%. According to the statistics data, in August…
In the 2015/2016 Ukrainian farmers obtained all-time high soybean crop – 3927 KMT. Firstly, this result was achieved owing to acreage expansion to record 2200 thousand ha. Over the past ten years Ukrainian soybean exports increased significantly, while markets were diversified. Export geography already included 33 countries. Given the persisting demand for soybean processed products…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted Ukrainian operator Antonov Company (Antonov Airlines) broad air charter exemptions for flights to and from the US. These exemptions follow the U.S.-Ukraine Open Skies agreement, concluded on July 14, 2015, and became effective earlier this year. The U.S. DOT has also tentatively granted Antonov Company a foreign air…
Transfers of Azerbaijan’s state oil fund SOFAZ to the state budget are expected at the level of 6.1 billion manats in 2017, dwon by 1.515 billion manats (19.9%) YoY, according to the presentation of the state and consolidated budget projects for 2017. According to the project, SOFAZ’s revenues are forecast at the level of 8.37…