Uzbekistan: trade with Turkmenistan to be expanded to $1 billion

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have agreed to expand the bilateral trade turnover to $1 billion in the near future. Uzbekistan’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov during negotiations with Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on August 4 agreed to abolish existing tariff and non-tariff barriers and simplify the…

Georgia: potato exports up in June 2021

Potatoes remained a top export in the “fresh fruit and vegetables” category of food exports of Georgia, in June, the Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. Revenues from selling potatoes abroad amounted to $3.7 million, up by 20% from the blueberry export revenues (ranked second in June). The top exporting destination for Georgian potatoes was…

Ukraine: trade with Canada down in 2020

Last year, the volume of mutual trade in goods and services between Canada and Ukraine decreased by 9%, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko said. “In bare numbers, last year looked sad, since the volume of interstate trade decreased by 9%. Meanwhile, this is comparable to both the overall downturn of the economies of both…

Uzbekistan: GDP up in H1 2021

Uzbekistan’s GDP expanded by 6.2% YoY in January-June. The growth of industry comprised 8.5%, investment – 5.9% and the service sector – 8%. The inflation rate was 10.9%. The results for the reporting period were unveiled during a videoconference chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on August 3. Industrial products worth $18.7 billion were manufactured with…