The finance committee of the Estonian parliament at a sitting on November 10 voted on the amendments submitted to next year’s state budget and agreed to send the draft to the second reading at a plenary sitting on November 18. Finance committee chairman Aivar Kokk said the 44 proposed amendments were discussed and a consolidated…
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says the deficit of Ukraine’s national budget is one of the lowest indicators in Europe. “When today we take European countries and see what deficits in developed economies, in neighboring countries are, then Ukraine has one of the lowest budget deficits. This year, 7.5% is one of the lowest indicators in…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has held a refinancing tender to provide four banks with UAH 563.6 million ($20 million) in refinancing loans at an interest rate of 6% per annum, with an 84-day maturity period. The National Bank holds biddings to maintain banks’ liquidity for up to 90 days. Biddings are held each…
In September, the foreign trade turnover of Latvia amounted to EUR 2.7 billion, which at current prices was 7.7% larger than a year ago, of which the exports value of goods was 13% higher, but imports value of goods – 3.5% higher. Latvia exported goods in the amount of EUR 1.28 billion, but imported –…
Uzbekistan produced 6.667 million tons of grains as of the end of September, up by 2.4% YoY. The share of cereal crops reached 90.7% (6.047 million tons), reported the State Committee on Statistics of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Official forecast set the grain production at 7.839 million tons in Uzbekistan in 2020. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Almost all sectors of the real economy and certain services showed a growing trend in Kazakhstan in January-October. While addressing the November 10 government session, Kazakh Economy Minister Ruslan Dalenov listed the real economic sectors and certain services that saw growth, including construction – a 10.7% rise, information and communications – an 8.2% growth, agriculture…
Ukraine increased the export of poultry meat and by-products by 7.7% YoY, to 359,540 tons in January-October, the State Customs Service reported. According to its data, the export of these products decreased in monetary terms by 2.3%, to $468.53 million. At the same time, the import of poultry meat and by-products decreased by 16.3%, to…