Ukraine: 182,000 ha of sugar beets sown

As of May 19, 182 thousand hectares of sugar beets were sown in Ukraine. According to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine continues sowing campaign. 182 thousand hectares of sugar beets have been sown in the territories controlled by Ukraine. Sowing of spring crops is carried out by 23…

Lithuania: central bank sets up centre for financial market development

The central Bank of Lithuania has set up a specialised Centre for Financial Market Development to promote continuous successful growth of the country’s financial market. The centre will look for ways to strengthen the existing financial market participants and attract new ones, promote sustainable FinTech development, implement capital market development measures. The Bank of Lithuania’s…

Poland: manufacturing up in April 2022

Poland’s industrial output rose by 13% YoY in April, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. Month on month, industrial output fell by 11.3%. Economists polled by PAP expected April’s manufacturing to grow by 15.5% YoY and to decrease by 11.1% MoM. Seasonally adjusted industrial production went up by 15.6% YoY, but declined by 0.4% MoM…

Georgia: domestic exports up in January-April 2022

Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth $1.58 billion in January-April, up by 32.8% YoY, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 76.1% of total exports in the reporting period, amounting to $1.27 billion, up by 37.1%. Georgia’s top trading partners were…