Ukraine: NBU keeps GDP growth forecast unchanged

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has left its forecast for the growth of the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021-2023 unchanged at about 4%, NBU Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko has said. “Steady consumer demand and favorable conditions for foreign trade compensate for Ukraine’s economic losses caused by tightened quarantine last winter and spring.…

Kyrgyzstan: trade turnover with Iran increases

Trade turnover between Kyrgyzstan and Iran increased 4-fold between 2015 and 2019, president of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Danil Ibraev announced at the Kyrgyz-Iranian Business Forum. “Export increased 4.3-fold and import – 3.8-fold. Unfortunately, trade decreased and amounted to $19,600,000 last year due to the coronavirus pandemic,” he said. According to Danil…