In 2018-2019 MY (September-August) Ukrainian producers exported 409.8 thousand tons of sugar worth $144.3 million, down by almost 27% YoY (564 thousand tons). In addition, there were some changes in the export destinations. “In 2018-2019 MY, ended in August, we may note some changes in export destinations. Although Uzbekistan remains the main importer, deliveries to…
A sports and recreation center ” Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve named after R. Sanatbaev” will be built in Vostok-5 microdistrict in Bishkek, the state procurement portal says. The Capital Construction Department of the Bishkek City Administration plans to spend 63,653,400 soms on its construction. The building of the center…
Sheki Winery company plans to deliver initially 18,000 bottles of wine to Barcelona, Spain in November in order to promote and sell its wine products, the company’s director, Vidadi Hasanov declared. The company has signed a relevant contract with Spanish company Eurocainabric, Hasanov said. “The first acquaintance with the representatives of the Spanish company took…
Andrei Yarmak, economist and expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), says that traditional Georgian dessert churchkhela has a great potential to become a successful export item, as it can be sold as a healthy dessert alternative. “In Europe, the US and many countries demand for healthy food increases very fast and supermarkets are…
Ukraine’s industrial and financial group DCH is ready to invest in the passenger terminal of Dnipro International Airport, DCH owner Oleksandr Yaroslavsky has said. He discussed an airport reconstruction project at a meeting with Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Oleksandr Bondarenko, the administration’s press service reported. “A modern international airport is one of the…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia will launch one more Intercity high-speed train that will operate between Kyiv and Kherson, according to the company’s press service. “Today we are recording an increase in passenger flow to Kherson, so we are considering the issue of launching one more high-speed train in this direction. Thus, until the end of the year…
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved $60 million to co-finance the construction of the 9-km long Kvesheti-Kobi tunnel, which forms a part of the North-South corridor. The Roads Department of Georgia reports that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has already allocated $415 million for the construction of the Kvesheti-Kobi road and…