Latvia: unemployment levels going down

The actual unemployment level in Latvia has decreased to 7.3%, or by 0.1% MoM. At the same time, the competition to find suitable employees is on a rise among employers, the director of Latvia’s State Employment Agency (NVA) Evita Simsone said. She said the situation was rather stable and typical for Latvia’s labor market. Currently…

Uzbekistan: apricot exports down H1 2021

Uzbekistan’s apricot exports plummeted during January-June, going down by almost 50,000 tons YoY. The statistical committee said that the reason behind was frosting, which greatly affected the activities of gardeners in Uzbekistan. Two waves of frosts, which occurred at the end of February and then again in mid-March, affected the yield of stone fruit species…

Ukraine: NBU buys $76.3 million on interbank market

Last week, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $76.3 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. Following NBU’s foreign exchange interventions at a single exchange rate, the National Bank bought $76.3 million on the interbank foreign exchange market from August 2 to August 6. The regulator did not sell foreign currency during the specified period.…

Georgia: vegetable exports up in H1 2021

Export of vegetables from Georgia amounted to $17.37 million in the first half of 2021, the National Statistical Office of Georgia (Geostat) reported. The share of vegetables in the total export volume of Georgia in the period amounted to 0.9%. The main positions in the group were distributed as follows: potatoes – $8.85 million, tomatoes…