Georgia: economy up in September 2019

The Georgian gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.2% in September compared to the same period of last year, showed the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Geostat reported that real GDP grew in January-September 2019 by 5% YoY. In September the estimated real growth compared to the same period of…

Azerbaijan: production of fruit juices at high level

Fruit juice production accounts for 40% of total agricultural production, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Rufat Mammadov said at the Road Show Eurasia Forum organized by International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association (IFU) in Baku. Mammadov added that juice production in Azerbaijan always reached high marks, because it was a traditional type of the population’s activity.…

Ukraine: four toll roads to be built

Ukraine is to build four toll roads. In particular, Ministry of Infrastructure is developing projects for four roads that will work on concession terms, namely Lviv-Stryi, Kyiv-Bila Tserkva, Lviv-Ternopil, and Lviv-Krakovets, along with projects of ports, airports and train stations. “We, together with the World Bank, have already begun preparations for the concession of roads.…