In November Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves rose by $21.2 million if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund. According to preliminary data, the reserves totaled $4,838.0 million as of December 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. In national terms the…
DetailsAccording to the Agriculture Ministry, Ukraine exported 18.38 MMT of grains in the season 2016/2017 by December 1, up by 5.9% YoY. In particular, the exported volumes included 10.08 MMT of wheat, up by 1.18 MMT YoY. Barley exports in the period under review totaled roughly 3.95 MMT and corn exports amounted to 4.25 MMT.…
DetailsThe weather conditions are fair at the onset of winter crops’ dormancy. Most fields in the country are covered with 5-2 cm of snow. The soil is not frozen deeply yet, mostly to 1-8 cm; this depth reaches 10-13 cm just in some areas of Belarus. Soil temperatures at the tillering node of winter cereals…
DetailsThe Heydar Aliyev International Airport served more than 231,000 passengers in November, up by 23% YoY, the airport’s press service said. The airport served almost 3 million passengers in January-November. Of them, 1.8 million passengers chose to fly with Azerbaijan’s national carrier, Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL). Some 500,000 passengers were transported via AZAL domestic flights to…
DetailsHeads of railway authorities of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Baku on prospects of development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TCITR), a message from Azerbaijan Railways CJSC said. Head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov, President of Kazakhstan Railways JSC Kanat Alpysbaev, Director General of Turkish State…
DetailsAccording to official information, Ukraine exported 525 KMT of barley in October, up by 16.4% YoY (451.1 KMT). In total, Ukraine has increased its barley exports by 3.7% this season, to 3487.5 KMT. Saudi Arabia is still the main destination market for Ukrainian barley, though with lower shipments now. Ukrainian exporters shipped 1.43 MMT of…
DetailsIn 2016 Azerbaijan’s exports will decline by 18% YoY, or by $2.8 billion, the CBA Chairman Elman Rustamov said. Earlier Rustamov noted that Azerbaijan’s exports would be about $12.8 billion by late 2016. “The export of non-oil products and services has declined by 20% since early 2016”, he said, adding that non-oil imports were currently…
DetailsIt is planned to build another 26 agroparks in Azerbaijan, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. He said that the agroparks would be built in 19 districts of Azerbaijan. A variety of processing and manufacturing enterprises are planned to be built in these agroparks. Currently, the work is underway in Azerbaijan to create ‘Yalama’…
DetailsAfghanistan will profit by more than $1 billion per year for gas transit via the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Necessary infrastructure facilities – plants, gas compressor stations and gas purification plants will be built along this energy bridge. “More than 12,000 jobs will be created for our Afghan brothers”, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said. The main…
DetailsIn January-September the share of agro-industrial complex in the general growth of capital investments in Ukraine reached 51.3%, including the agricultural component at 39.6%, and the food industry at 11.7%, the Head of investment department at the National Scientific Center Institute of Agrarian Economics Nikolai Kisil declared. According to him, in January-September the general volume…
DetailsThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $500 million loan to help Azerbaijan maintain social spending, create jobs, and diversify its economy to mitigate the adverse impact of a crash in oil prices, ADB said in a message. Sean O’Sullivan, director general of ADB’s Central and West Asia Department, said ADB’s support was important for…
DetailsContinuing last year’s autumn trend, the volume of cargoes carried by Latvijas dzelzcels had increased in November. The volume of cargoes transported by rail reached 4.46 million tons, up by 7.6% YoY. Coal transports have increased significantly. 1.8 million tons of coal was transported in November. This exceeds the index of November 2015 by 28.7%.…
DetailsThe European Court of Auditors (ECA) has expressed reservations about significant amounts of financial assistance rendered to Ukraine. The assistance program from 2007 to present has resulted in limited results, according to a statement of EU financial observers. Prior to 2014 the reason for the low effectiveness of assistance from the European Union (EU) was…
DetailsIn January-October the sea terminal Nika-Tera (Sea Special Port Nika-Tera LLC, Mykolaiv, part of Group DF) shipped 1.676 million tons of grain cargoes, which formed 55.64% of the general cargo turnover (3.012 million tons), the press-service of the company declared. Also, the terminal shipped 267 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers (8.86%) and 1.068 thousand tons…
DetailsIn the first three quarters of 2016, Latvian enterprises were provided with bank loans for a total amount of 1.4 billion euros, up by 40% YoY, according to the estimates of the Latvian Association of Commercial Banks and Finance and Capital Market Commission. The total loan portfolio of Latvian banks was EUR 15.11 billion at…
DetailsThe minimum wholesale and retail prices on alcoholic beverages (except for beer) in Uzbekistan will be raised starting from January 1, 2017, according to a joint decision of the country’s Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Committee. The minimum wholesale wine price for producers will be increased from 4,500 to 5,400 Uzbek soums (UZS)…
DetailsKyiv authorities seek to find around 23 billion UAH to modernize the overland transport network and infrastructure and similar programs by 2019. The information is outlined in the updated action plan for 2016-2018 to implement Kyiv development strategy by 2025. The plan was approved by lawmakers of Kyiv City Council on November 15. Some 78.5…
DetailsAzovmash Group and Kryukovsky Railway Car Building Works (KRCBW) are in talks with PJSC State Food Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU) about the possibility of building grain railcars for the corporation. According to a top manager of the company, 300-500 railcars are in question for now. Overall, the company is considering a project for building…
DetailsIn Q3, the current account formed a surplus of 1.5% of the country’s GDP, according to the data from the Bank of Latvia. This year’s general surplus is 1.1% of GDP. It is expected that investment inflow will remain positive. It will be slower than last year, predicts Swedbank economist Agnese Buceniece. Contribution to the…
DetailsNine representative bodies of Estonia’s manufacturing industry and the Estonian Employers’ Confederation jointly addressed the government protesting against a planned excise tax hike on natural gas. “During the next four years, the gas excise tax will increase so much that energy-intensive industries will lose out on almost the entire leading edge that the fall in…
DetailsBulgaria’s fall planting has come to its final stage. The country experienced contradictory weather conditions in the course of this work. On one hand, abundant October precipitation replenished soil moisture and produced a beneficial effect on growth of already sown winter crops. On the other hand, this precipitation stopped planting in most of the country’s…
DetailsA new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported on a Ukrainian backyard pig farm in Stavrove, Odessa, close to Moldova.
Of the nine pigs on the farm, eight cases were confirmed. All nine pigs died as a result, to prevent the spread of the disease. (ThePigSite/Business World Magazine)
Belorusneft specialists have started performing hydraulic fracturing operations under the contract with Ukrgazvydobuvannia, a statement on the website of the oil company reads. “In accordance with the contracts, the specialists will conduct 50 hydraulic fracturing operations in Poltava region. This is the first large-scale oil service project in Ukraine for the Belarusian oil company”, the…
DetailsBelarus plans to increase supplies of agricultural machinery to Nicaragua. This matter was discussed during a working visit of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Ecuador Igor Poluyan to Nicaragua, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. In Managua, the Belarusian diplomat met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
DetailsAzerbaijan’s Central Bank (CBA) will carry out tight monetary policy in 2017, the CBA Chairman Elman Rustamov said. “Due to transition to a floating exchange rate of Azerbaijani manat, we switched to targeting the growth of money supply”, Rustamov said. “Our main goal is to prevent additional currency emission and not to exert pressure on…
DetailsUkrainian coal mining companies increased production by 1.7% YoY in January-November (by 629,700 tons), to 37.003 million tons. A source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported that coking coal production increased by 3.5% (by 261,700 tons), to 7.695 million tons, steam coal output was up by 1.3% (by 368,000 tons), to 29.308…
DetailsAzerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev noted the importance of the United States’ representation at a high level at the 3rd consultative council of ministers on the Southern Gas Corridor project in order to give political support to the project, the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry said. Aliyev made the remarks during his meeting with William Silkworth, office…
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