Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $18.23 billion in January-April 2016, down by 29.8% YoY. Mutual trade with countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) dropped 1.4 times, to $3.62 billion during the period. Kazakh export, where 72% accounted for fuel and energy products, decreased by 31.2%, to $11.03 billion in January-April. The country’s export…
Georgia exported 19.8 million 0.75-liter bottles of grape wine in January-June, up by 44.5% YoY, the National Wine Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture said. Revenue from wine exports to 40 countries grew by 18% to $46.6 million. According to the agency, the biggest importer was Russia with 10.198 million bottles, up by 56% YoY,…
Prices of fruit and vegetables have risen in Dushanbe in several days ahead of Idi Ramazon of Eid ul-Fitr, a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Prices for some agricultural goods at Dushanbe’s bazaars have even doubled. Thus, prices for one kilogram of apples have risen from…
Shareholder structure of the Kazakhtelecom JSC, the largest telecommunication company in Kazakhstan, has changed, said the message posted on the website of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on July 5. The UK-based Sobrio Limited company became new major shareholder of the Kazakhtelecom JSC in the result of a deal implemented within one group. Sobrio Limited…
As of July 6, agricultural organizations of Belarus continued harvesting winter barley. Agrarians harvested 15.9 thousand tons of the grain throughout the areas of 3.98 thousand ha (53.7% of the plan), with the average yield of 3.99 t/ha, according to the Ministry of agriculture. Also, agrarians started harvesting winter rapeseed. As of the reporting date,…
In an interview with the Russian Federation Today Magazine Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Igor Petrishenko talked on the main causes of the problems in trade and economic relations between Russia and Belarus. “There are no big intractable problems in the Union State. But time does not stand still. The development of…
The Belarusian-Slovak business forum titled as Innovations is a Way to Successful Integration will take place as part of the international art festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk on July 12-14, the Vitebsk Oblast marketing center informed. The forum provides platform for meetings of Belarusian authorities and businessmen with foreign partners: international organizations, businessmen and financial…