Compared to 2019, price index of agricultural output decreased by 2% in 2020, which was mainly due to a 4.1% drop in prices of livestock products. Price index of crop products has decreased by 0.6%. The average purchase price of meat has decreased by 4.3%. In 2020, the largest decrease in the purchase price was…
If the Tallinn Hospital project was given a green light by the European Commission, it would set multiple precedents, starting with construction volume and cost. The construction of a central hospital in Tallinn’s Lasnamae district would be an ambitious endeavor to say the least, one that has no equivalent in Estonian history. The planned area…
Uzbekistan is to invest $2 million into the opening of the garment factory in Kyrgyzstan, Uztekstilprom association reports. The announcement is seen as a result of negotiations between business circles of the two states that took place as part of Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov’s state visit in Uzbekistan on March 11. The Director of Nil-Granit,…
Ukrainian banks’ net profit shrank by 59.1% YoY in January-February, to UAH 6.491 billion ($232.1 million). That’s according to the National Bank of Ukraine. The banks’ revenue over the period under review decreased by 24.1%, to UAH 35.1 billion ($1.25 billion). (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)
Minister of Social Policy Maryna Lazebna said the Pension Fund in 2020 fell short of UAH 4 billion ($143 million) as a result of quarantine benefits for individual entrepreneurs, in particular, a new social assistance program for their children. In addition, the government exempted entrepreneurs of 1 and 2 categories and other self-employed from paying…
Compared to February 2020, total retail trade turnover reduced by 8.5% in February 2021. Turnover of retail trade in food products grew by 1.7%. Retail trade in non-food products (except for retail sale of automotive fuel) decreased by 21.5%, but turnover of retail sale of automotive fuel – increased by 5.2%. The most notable turnover…
Retail turnover rose by 4% YoY in February, to a figure of EUR 594 million, state agency Statistics Estonia said. This represented a slight slow-down on the previous month’s figures. Jaanika Tiigiste, Statistics Estonia leading analyst, said in January the figure was 7% (both figures cite constant prices). Tiigiste said: “While turnover increased in stores…