Linseed exports from Kazakhstan totaled 29 KMT in January, i.e. almost half as much as in December (57.5 KMT) and up almost by 86% YoY. Altogether, linseed supplies to foreign markets in the five months of 2016/2017 reached a record 175.3 KMT that consolidated Kazakhstan’s position as one of the world’s top exporters of this…
DetailsWarmer-than-usual weather in Ukraine in late February and early March triggered the resumption of plant growth in winter crops 15-18 days ahead of usual time. Almost all the water that long stayed in field depressions is gone now. Plants were waterlogged for 8 to 39 days, which might increase the crop loss area. It is…
DetailsRussia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 0.6% in January-March and by 0.8% in April-June excluding seasonality, the central bank’s forecasting department said in a research note on March 6, revising its previous estimations of a 0.4% and 0.5-0.6% growth respectively. The estimate for the second quarter is based on a Urals…
DetailsThe public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia on March 4, reached daily gas production of 42 million cubic meters, according to the data from the public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz. If on March 1, the company produced 41.131 million cubic meters of gas, on March 2 – 41.088 million cubic meters, March 3 – 41.577 million cubic meters,…
DetailsOn March 4, Ukraine had 8.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground gas storage facilities. The data has been provided by PJSC Ukrtransgaz, the operator of Ukraine’s gas transport system. According to the company, Ukraine’s underground gas storage facilities are 26% full. A total of 16.5 million cubic meters is taken per…
DetailsCotton will be sown in Turkmen Ahal, Lebap and Mary provinces on March 25, and in Dashoguz province on March 29, the Turkmen government said in a message. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the Turkmen Cabinet of Ministers. According to the message, around 1.5 million tons of cotton are planned to be…
DetailsUzbekistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed loan agreements worth $573 million. In particular, the ADB allocated a $100-million loan for a project on financing small businesses in rural areas and for businesses of women entrepreneurs. A $121-million loan was allocated to develop water supply systems in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent region. The agreements were signed…
Details“In the framework of the project “Financing of Agriculture-5″ the seed farms were provided loans at 6% per annum for three years,” the First Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Mukhammetkaly Abulgaziev said. He urged farmers to use this opportunity actively. “The goal of republican seed industry is to ensure farmers in regions of the country…
DetailsAccording to the Statistics Committee at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in January the production volumes of vegetable oils totaled 24.6 thousand tons, up by 6% YoY. At the same time, during the first five months of 2016/2017 MY (September-January) the reporting growth dynamics reached 13% YoY, to 155.4 thousand…
DetailsThe public joint-stock company Kharkiv Tractor Plant in 2017 will participate in military production cooperation and in work to fulfill the government’s military production, including the program to substitute domestic goods in the military sphere, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said during a visit to the factory in Kharkiv. The head of state said the state…
DetailsPassenger traffic in two Armenian airports grew by 21.6% in January-February against the same period the year before. The traffic at Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport grew by 19.8% in the first two months of 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016. According to the General Department of Civil Aviation, 168,741 passengers have used…
DetailsThe Port of Odessa says its throughput in January-February totaled 4,151,500 tons, up by 9.6% YoY. In February, the port handled 2,175,000 tons, up by 1.5% YoY. Transshipment of dry cargo totaled 1,922,100 tons, up by 1.7%, including 709,800 tons of grain, down by 9.1%, metal – 628,200 tons, up by 18.8%. The port’s container…
DetailsIranian agricultural specialists are expected to visit a plant, which is part of the Ukrainian agricultural holding company Nibulon, to share experience with Ukrainian colleagues, the press service of Nibulon LLC reports. “Iranian specialists intend to visit the company’s enterprises to get acquainted with the entire agricultural production process, from growing to shipping grain to…
DetailsUkrainian businessman and President of DCH Group Oleksandr Yaroslavsky is interested in acquiring only a controlling stake in Turboatom (Kharkiv). “I will participate in the open tender to sell the controlling stake in Turboatom. Otherwise, who will?” he said. He also said that if a 20% stake was put up for sale, he did not…
DetailsIn January-February seaports of Ukraine handled 19.842 million tons of cargo, which was flat YoY, press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reported. Transshipment of export cargo totaled 15.627 million tons (up by 4.8%), imports – 2.846 million tons (-4.4%), transit – 1.291 million tons (-32.5%), inland traffic – 77,200 tons (+58.3%). Container throughput in…
DetailsThe President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signed the law under which the payment systems in the country are subject to licensing, Information Policy Department of the Presidential Administration reported. It is noted that Almazbek Atambayev signed a law on amendments to the laws on the payment system and the Code of Administrative Responsibility. The law…
DetailsNatural gas production in Ukraine in January and February tentatively grew by 0.5% YoY or by 17.8 million cubic meters, to 3.358 billion cubic meters, Ukrtransgaz has reported. Ukrgazvydobuvannia produced 2.408 billion cubic meters of gas in January-February (down by 1.1% YoY), Ukrnafta – 205.5 million cubic meters (down by 6.4%) and other companies –…
DetailsMustard production in the fat-and-oil sector hit a three-year high of 1.046 KMT in December 2016. It exceeded 1 KMT for the first time. 2016 appeared a make-or-break year for the Ukrainian mustard market: its two-year shrinkage was reversed. Overall mustard production reached 7.696 KMT in 2016, or up by 11% YoY (6.939 KMT) and…
DetailsThis year the Belarusian automobile engineering company MAZ will start making Euro-6 compliant trucks for the European market, representatives of the company reported. The Belarusian automaker intends to sell new dump trucks, chassis, and truck tractors with various wheel formulas (4×2, 6×4, and 8×4) to the European Union. The trucks will be powered by Mercedes-Benz…
DetailsAiyl Bank issued loans in the amount of 90 million soms to 190 farmers, Chairman of the Board of Aiyl Bank OJSC Murat Akimov said today at a meeting of Onuguu-Progress faction. However, the parliamentarians said that not all farmers could take loans. According to the deputy Tazabek Ikramov, his friend couldn’t get the money.…
DetailsAccording to the Statistics Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, farms of all types held 13.12 MMT of cereals and pulses as of February 1, up by 12.1% YoY. Wheat inventories increased by 8.4% YoY, to 10.75 MMT, including 8.73 MMT of milling wheat, 596.1 KMT of feed wheat and 1419.1 KMT of wheat for…
DetailsIn January-February the seaport of Azov handled 738,000 tons (up by 1.2% YoY), the port Harbor Master Vladimir Bragin declared. In the reporting period, transshipment of oil products grew by 4.9%, to 114,000 tons, coal – by 14.8%, to 102,000 tons. Transshipment of grain declined by 2.8%, to 473,000 tons. In January-February internal turnover of…
DetailsA new 48 billion-tenge bypass road will be built in Karaganda. As region’s deputy akim Sabit Ospanov said during a session of Karaganda maslikhat, the road was aimed at improving road situation in the city. “Bypass road will improve road safety. It will be designated to let through transit transport on the Center-South direction. Therefore,…
DetailsMission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is now in Baku, discussed the current situation in the banking sector with leading Azerbaijani banks, head of the Azerbaijan Banks Association (ABA) Zakir Nuriyev reported. The sides discussed the decisions made by the regulator – Azerbaijan’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority – on stabilization of the situation…
DetailsUkraine’s international reserves at the end of February stood at $15.5 billion against $15.445 billion at the beginning of the month, Head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeriya Gontareva has said. “We plan to increase our reserves, if the situation on the foreign exchange market allows us to do it,” Gontareva said. She…
DetailsUkraine imported 2.82 billion cubic meters of gas from Europe in January-February, up by 30% YoY, the gas pipeline operator Ukrtransgaz has said. This included 2.408 billion cubic meters of gas from Slovakia, 179.9 million cubic meters from Hungary and 232 million cubic meters from Poland. Ukraine imported 1.37 billion cubic meters of gas from…
DetailsOn February 11-20, air temperatures were 1-4 degrees C below normal in the south and south-east of Kazakhstan, where winter crops are cultivated. They were 2 degrees ‘ above normal in some areas. Precipitation occurred at above-normal rates everywhere. Frequent thaws that lasted for up to 6 days in the south of the country and…
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