The renewal of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine next year can give a new impetus to the development of the Ukrainian honey industry, strengthen the country’s position in the EU market, and reduce its dependence on the supply of Chinese honey, which now forms about 40% of the total supplies in…
In April-June, unemployment rate comprised 8.6%. Compared to the previous quarter, rate of unemployment has risen by 1.2%, but during a year – by 2.2%. In the result of Covid-19 crisis, the number of unemployed increased. In Q2, the number of unemployed persons aged 15-74 comprised 83.5 thousand, up by 22 thousand YoY and by…
In January-July, seaports of Kazakhstan handled over 3.4 million tons of cargo, flat YoY, the Transport Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development reported. In the reporting period, container throughput grew by 16%, to 17,079 units. Commercial fleet of Kazakhstan carried 1.32 million tons of cargo between the ports on the Caspian Sea…
Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia amounted to $1.31 billion in 2019, up by 0.3% YoY, showed the latest adjusted data of the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The top three countries that invested the most in Georgia in 2019 were the United Kingdom (18%), Turkey (13.4%) and Ireland (10.2%). The share of the…
Net international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in July grew by 0.1%, to $17.520 billion. That’s according to a report released on the NBU website. Net reserves have increased by 11% since the beginning of the year, the report said. Ukraine’s international reserves as of August 1 amounted to $28.802 billion, up…
In January-July, Ukraine’s trade turnover with countries of the world amounted to $55.48 billion. According to data provided by the State Customs Service, Ukraine imported goods worth $28.8 billion, down by 13% YoY. Exports of goods amounted to $26.6 billion, down by 7%. Accordingly, the foreign trade balance of Ukraine in January-July was negative and…
According to the Committee on Statistics of Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan, as of August 1 the stocks of grains and pulses declined to 2.957 million tons compared to 3.35 million tons in July, including in agricultural organizations – from 964.2 thousand tons to 844.6 thousand tons. In particular, as of the beginning of…