Ukraine: vehicle production down in October 2019

Ukrainian plants manufactured 913 motor vehicles in October, down by 13% MoM, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (UkrAutoProm). All statistics on cars was again formed by the assembly of Skoda cars at ZAO Eurocar. The October result of Eurocar made up 802 cars. The October production of commercial vehicles (the data does…

Georgia: external trade up in January-October 2019

Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $10.37 billion in January-October, up by 0.5% YoY, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The value of exports increased by 10.4% and reached $3.04 billion, while imports decreased by 3.1%, amounting to $7.33 billion. The trade deficit of Georgia in January-October amounted to…

Azerbaijan: $350 million invested in UAE

Azerbaijan has invested about $350 million in the UAE economy, Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov said. Jabbarov made the remark at the fourth meeting of the Azerbaijan-UAE Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation in Baku. “Some $2.2 billion were invested in the Azerbaijani economy by the UAE, of which $900 million…

Ukraine: potato imports up in October 2019

In October Ukraine imported 92,600 tons of potatoes, which exceeded the annual import volume, according to Ukrainian Horticultural Association (UHA). “The critical situation with the potato import growth in the country reached its peak in October. That month the record for imports was again updated – 92,600 tons of commercial potatoes were supplied to the…

Georgia: air passenger traffic up in January-October 2019

Georgian airports serviced 4,555,673 passengers in January-October, up by 4% YoY, United Airports of Georgia announced. In October Tbilisi International Airport serviced 284,442 passengers (-15%), Kutaisi International Airport – 89,232 passengers (+44%), Batumi International Airport – 47,536 passengers (+13%), Queen Tamar Airport in Mestia, Svaneti region – 852 passengers (+5%) and Ambrolauri Airport in Racha…