As of October 20, agricultural organizations in Belarus continued harvesting corn for grain and sugar beet, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food declared. In particular, agrarians harvested 627.1 thousand tons of corn throughout the areas of 75.5 thousand ha (59.3%), with the average yield of 8.3 ton/ha. Last year the grain production volumes totaled 232.3…
DetailsBelarus’ Mogilev region and Turkey are set to strengthen their interaction. Matters of bilateral cooperation were discussed during a meeting between Mogilev region Governor Vladimir Domanevsky and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Belarus Kezban Nilvana Darama on October 18. Kezban Nilvana Darama said that there were great prospects for the development of the…
DetailsBelarusian Potash Company (BPC) shipped 42,190 tons of potash fertilizers to Ukraine in January-August, up by 31% YoY. Potash export proceeds from Ukraine-bound shipments grew by 16.7% YoY to $18.1 million. As previously reported, BPC opened an affiliated company in Ukraine. BPC’s Agrorozkvit (literally stands for AgroRenaissance) started operating in Ukraine in October. Established in…
DetailsBelarus’ cement plants are expected to increase the use of dried peat as fuel to 180,000 tons by 2020, up by 50% from the 2016 level, Belarus’ Energy Ministry reported. Belarus has been actively promoting the use of dried peat as an alternative fuel at cement plants – they are expected to burn 120,000 tons…
DetailsBelarus and India are working hard to advance cooperation in pharmaceutics, the Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich reported. The senator took part in the festivities timed to the opening of a research center of the pharmaceutical company SOOO Nativita in Beshenkovichi, Vitebsk region. Speaking about…
DetailsThe economic and investment potential of Belarus will be presented at the fifth edition of the Eurasian Forum in Verona, Italy on October 21, spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik reported. Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevgeny Shestakov, who co-chairs the Belarusian-Italian commission for economic cooperation, is attending the forum.…
DetailsCold air temperature, falling below zero at night on the major part of the Belarus contributed to slower vegetation processes of grain crops and winter rapeseed. In the first half of October sum of effective temperatures (above +5 degrees C) totaled about 40-60 C‘, up by 10-20 CYoY. Winter crops sown in mid-September are at…
DetailsGovernor of the Bashkortostan republic Rustem Khamitov has accepted the position of the board of directors deputy chairman of oil company Bashneft, located in the republic, Igor Sechin, CEO of Russian oil major Rosneft, which has recently bought half of Bashneft, said. “I have turned to Rustem Khamitov with a request to enter the new…
DetailsJoint construction of new power plants by Azerbaijan and Iran will enhance energy stability and export potential of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Etibar Pirverdiyev, head of Azerenergy OJSC, the largest electrical power producer in Azerbaijan, reported. Pirverdiyev said that it was necessary to begin implementation of this project as soon as possible. “This project is very…
DetailsOn October 30, Ukraine International Airlines will increase the Kiev – Amman flight frequency up to five weekly flights. The Kiev – Amman flights will be operated on modern Boeing 737 aircraft with two cabin classes (Business Class and Economy Class) five times a week. The fourth frequency will be introduced on December 2 and…
DetailsUkraine has a huge potential to integrate into the digital economy space of the European Union, Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv has said. “I see huge potential in the sphere of digital economy. European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Gunther Oettinger has presented a full action…
DetailsInvestments in the Ukrainian economy have grown by $2.5 billion in contrast to last year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has stated at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. “Investment raising has increased by $2.5 billion, which is 19% higher in contrast to last year. The investment process should be sped up,…
DetailsIn the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, the export rates of Ukrainian grains demonstrated rather high rates. In particular, in the beginning of the season Ukraine exported record volumes of barley, the First Deputy Chairman of the Board at State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine PJSC Borys Prykhodko declared. According to him, the export volumes…
DetailsEx-Minister of Transport of Poland Slawomir Nowak has been appointed new acting head of the State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor). “We believe that managing Ukravtodor requires significant expertise, including international. Our position is that high-quality roads, highways that will connect us with Europe should be built in Ukraine, so the professional level of…
DetailsTextile-Contact Company, one of the leaders of the national market for the sale of fabrics and light industry productis. during the talks that took place on October 12-13, within the framework of the XII International Cotton and Textile Fair in Tashkent signed a contract for the supply of Uzbek textile products of new crop high…
DetailsGlobal trade enabler DP World has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Ukraine to collaborate on matters of mutual interest, including the development of logistics capability in the country. On a recent visit to Ukraine DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem signed the MoU with the…
DetailsLaboratories for practical training for students of the center of excellence in transport in Chisinau will be supplied with modern equipment, among them drilling and cutting machines, lathes, digital multimeters, testers and vices. Machinery was donated to the institution as part of a batch of equipment provided by the government of Japan. According to the…
DetailsThe Cabinet of Ministers has approved of the terms of a repeated tender for the privatization of PJSC Odessa port-side chemical plant. The government made the relevant decision at a meeting on October 19. “The basic conditions of participation are much better than they were in May (during the first unsuccessful tender)”, Prime Minister Volodymyr…
DetailsBP on behalf of its co-venturers in the projects that it operates – the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG), Shah Deniz, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil export pipeline and the South Caucasus Pipeline projects, – has announced its support for the establishment of the first big data, data sciences Instruction and research center in Azerbaijan. The project is part of…
DetailsCustoms control measures undertaken by the Baltic Customs have uncovered a scheme used to take marine bunker fuel stated as stores outside the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union without payment of customs dues. According to the press center of the Baltic Customs, over 12,000 tons of fuel was exported through the scheme. According to…
DetailsAs of October 1, the general production of spring grains and pulses in Russian agricultural organizations reached 110.6 million tons in bunker weight, up by 16.2% YoY, the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat) announced. According to the announcement, the agricultural organizations, which concentrated 67.9% of the whole planted areas under grains…
DetailsIn January-September Azerbaijan increased export of agricultural products by 31.9% YoY, the country’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Seyfaddin Talibov said. He said that about 90% of agricultural products of Azerbaijan was exported to Russia. “We hold 11th place among exporters of agricultural products to Russia”, Talibov said. “2.7% of Russian imports of fruit and 3.5%…
DetailsEntrepreneurs will be able to take part in at least 5 international exhibitions in 2017 through the line of Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. Mustafayev said that in 2017, Azerbaijani businessmen would be able to showcase their products at exhibitions in Dubai (UAE), Moscow (Russia), Habsburg (Switzerland) and Dusseldorf (Germany).…
DetailsAzerbaijan plans to increase the share of alternative and renewable energy sources in the country’s energy balance to 20% by 2020, Head of Azerbaijan’s State Agency for Alternative and Renewable Energy Akim Badalov said. He said that currently the share of alternative energy in Azerbaijan was 16%. “By 2020, we plan to increase this figure…
DetailsAs many as 50 inspections of business activities were carried out in Azerbaijan in January-September, while the figure was 50,000 for the first nine months of last year, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev reported. “Recently, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has taken very significant steps to promote entrepreneurship, support local production and promote non-oil exports”,…
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