In December 2020, the foreign trade turnover of Latvia amounted to EUR 2.56 billion, which at current prices was 5.8% larger than a year ago, of which the exports value of goods was 12.5% higher, but imports value of goods – 0.9% higher. In December 2020, Latvia exported goods in the amount of EUR 1.15…
Foreign tourists spent EUR 1 billion euros less in Estonia last year than they did in 2019 after the collapse of the tourism industry caused by COVID-19, data from the Bank of Estonia showed. In 2020, foreign tourists spent EUR 410 million in Estonia, down by EUR 1 billion euros YoY. Only a third of…
The Sokh district of the Ferghana region has begun the construction of an airfield, the press service of the Ferghana International Airport reports. The airfield will be located on 4.5 hectares of land with a runway length of 650 meters and a width of 100 meters. Some 12 billion UZS will be allocated to build…
The government has paid UAH 15.8 billion worth of unemployment benefits to Ukrainians since the beginning of the coronavirus quarantine, Economy, Trade and Agriculture Development Minister Ihor Petrashko said during the All-Ukrainian Forum “Ukraine 30. Coronavirus: Challenges and Responses” in Kyiv on February 9. “A total amount of unemployment benefits has reached UAH 15.8 billion.…
Over the past five years, Ukraine’s coffee imports have grown by 63%. In 2020, they reached 48.4 thousand tons for a total amount of $166.1 million, according to the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association (UCAB). About 51% of coffee is imported unroasted and processed already in Ukraine. The main suppliers of coffee to Ukraine are European…
Kyrgyzstan builds 24 kilometers of fences on the border every year, Chairman of the State Border Service Ularbek Sharsheev announced at a meeting of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Water Resources, Ecology and Regional Development of the Parliament. According to him, work is carried out mainly on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. “We are allocated 18.5 million…
Uzbekistan and the European Union are holding the seventh round of negotiations on the trade part of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA) will replace the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which has been in force since 1999. Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan reported that the…