The European Union published a proposal to increase the quotas for duty-free supplying of Ukrainian products, including food products, products of the chemical industry, etc., the Official Journal of the European Union informed. In particular, the document proposed to provide additional quotas to Ukrainian agricultural producers for the supply of corn and flour (650 thousand…
DetailsThe EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Herbert Salber will visit Azerbaijan in late October, Salber’s press service reported. Salber will hold a number of official meetings, at which the sides will discuss bilateral relations. It is also expected to discuss the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The conflict between the two South Caucasus…
DetailsChina hopes to expand cooperation with Russia in the program of constructing its own orbital station, Wu Ping, a representative of China’s Manned Space Agency, said. “When implementing a program of constructing a space station, we hope to engage in expanded cooperation and exchanges with Russia in choosing and training cosmonauts, carrying out scientific experiments,…
DetailsKazakhstan’s car market is gradually recovering after the crisis of 2014 -2016, Association of Kazakhstan Auto Business reports. The demand for new cars has increased slightly and the official dealers sold 3,356 new cars in September and 32,581 cars since the beginning of 2016, according to the association. The top 20 best sellers brands in…
DetailsThe National Agency for Investments and Privatization (NAIP) has expanded until October 31, the deadline for bids from local and foreign companies interested in purchasing a 94.096% stake in OAO Minsk Margarine Factory, NAIP said in a release. NAIP views a potential strategic investor for Minsk Margarine Factory as a private company with the average…
DetailsAs many as 73 state enterprises and facilities will be put up at the auction for the privatization of the State Property Issues Committee of Azerbaijan on November 15, the message of the committee said. The enterprises to be put up for privatization operate in the fields of cotton growing, agricultural chemistry, transport, construction and…
DetailsA group of representatives of the Azerbaijani ‘Silk Road’ Public Union for Promotion of Development of Entrepreneurship, Indonesia’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Husnan Bey Fananie and a number of the embassy employees were on a visit to Indonesia. The delegation visited Jakarta to attend the Trade Expo Indonesia 2016. Azerbaijani entrepreneurs were also holding meetings in…
DetailsAccording to estimates by international experts, Ukraine is viewed as one of the main producers and exporters of the food products required to feed the world in near future. Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Deputy Minister for European Integration Olga Trofimtseva has stated this at the ‘Ukraine’s Agriculture Development – Aiming at UN Sustainable Development…
Details0,95 млрд. грн. дохода и 465,43 млн. грн. чистой прибыли получили в 2015 г. 100 самых крупных компаний, работающих на рынке складской логистики и элеваторов. Об этом говорится в обзоре рынка логистических услуг, подготовленном компанией Alliance Capital Management. Как отмечается в обзоре, в ходе составления рейтинга была проанализирована деятельность более 1 тыс. участников рынка складского…
DetailsВ 2015 г. 30 крупнейших птицефабрик Украины получили 36,97 млрд. грн. дохода и 9,95 млрд. грн. чистой прибыли. Такие результаты приводятся в подготовленном компанией Alliance Capital Managementаналитическом обзоре рынка мяса птицы в Украине. В рамках исследования был составлен рейтинг крупнейших производителей мяса птицы и яиц, а также инкубаторов. Самыми доходными предприятиями отрасли по результатам 2015…
DetailsВыпуск твердых сыров в Украине в 2015 г. сократился на четверть, на 15% снизилось производство цельномолочной продукции. В шесть раз упал объем экспорта сыров и молочных продуктов в Россию, в 10 раз меньше денег получили компании от продаж в РФ. Кто виноват? “Сами мы виноваты, – разводит руками владелец крупной молочной компании. – Нас разбаловал…
DetailsAccording to Kazakh statistics committee, stocks of grains and legumes at all the enterprises on September 1, were 4.832 MMT against 4.813 MMT on the same date in 2015. Wheat stocks decreased by 7% to 3.811 MMT, which included 3.449 MMT of milling wheat and 235.9 KMT of feed wheat, 125.7 KMT for seeds. Barley…
DetailsA so-called “hard” Brexit could see Ukraine usurp the UK in wheat exports to the European Union – forcing British cereals farmers to seek Asian markets, and potentially turn to other crops. Jack Watts, lead cereals and oilseeds analyst at the AHDB bureau, said a “key risk” for British grain farmers was to find themselves…
DetailsOver the 8 months of 2016 flour production in Ukraine lowered by another 6%. Over January-August Ukraine produced 1.212 MMT against 1.288 MMT over the same period of 2015. Flour production went down in all the key producing regions: Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev, Kherson, Odessa, etc. In contrast to the mentioned regions, production in Lugansk region…
DetailsInternational rating agency Fitch has upgraded the long-term issuer default rating of Russian uncut diamond mining giant Alrosa to BB+ from BB with a stable outlook and affirmed the company’s short-term issuer default rating at B, the agency said in a research note. “The upgrade reflects Fitch’s expectations that Alrosa will maintain funds from operations…
DetailsThe Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR), a part of the Russian Export Center Group, provided over $8 billion in support to exporters in 2016, including $600 million to exporters to Belarus, head of EXIAR Office in Belarus Viktor Doronkevich said in a meeting with the delegates of Tomsk region and Russia’s…
DetailsEnefit Energy, subsidiary of Enefit, signed a contract with Amec Foster Wheeler to modify a Circulating Fluidized bed boiler so as to increase its capabilities to utilize retort gas for the generation of electricity and to reduce the environmental impacts of power production. “When oil is produced from oil shale, high-calorific gas is also generated,…
DetailsDTEK energy holding since early October has increased coal stocks at warehouses of thermal power plants (TPPs) by 173,000 tons, to 792,000 tons, DTEK Energo Generation Director Serhiy Kurylenko reported. Kurylenko said that at present DTEK’s TPPs burned 50,000 tons of coal a day on average. Around 65,000 tons of coal arrive every day to…
DetailsThe owner and president of DCH Group Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, who holds a controlling stake in Kharkiv Tractor Plant, intends to buy 29% of shares in the plant belonging to Austrian investor Siegfried Wolf, DCH has said in a press release. “DCH Group of Oleksandr Yaroslavsky officially informs about the start of the process to acquire…
DetailsChina plans to offer its direct investment for the construction of commercial dairy farms in Vitebsk region, Vitebsk region governor Nikolai Sherstnev reported after the ceremony to inaugurate the new meat-processing workshop at Glubokoye Meat Packing Plant. “We have agreed on the implementation of one big project. China plans to build two commercial dairy farms…
DetailsPrivatization of a 19.5% stake in Russian oil major Rosneft is very likely to happen in 2016, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin reported. “This is a liquid asset, and demand on the market is high, I am sure that we will do it”, he said. “Speaking of the possible purchase of Rosneft’s shares and of Rosneft’s…
DetailsThe Belarusian Industry Ministry and the Chinese company Zoomlion intend to implement a number of joint projects in the area of mechanical engineering. Belarusian Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk made the statement at a press conference on October 12, as he commented on results of the recent visit of the Belarusian delegation led by the Belarus…
DetailsBelarus hopes that the European Union will lift its textile import restrictions, Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Yevdochenko reported. “The European Union introduced quotas on Belarusian textiles some time ago. Today we are working with our EU partners to lift these non-tariff restrictions. We are close to success, and we hope that…
DetailsAs of October 13, agricultural organizations in Belarus continued harvesting corn for grain and sugar beet, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food declared. In particular, agrarians harvested 377.6 thousand tons of corn throughout the areas of 47.3 thousand ha (26.7%), with the average yield of 7.99 ton/ha. Last year the grain production volumes totaled 174.4…
DetailsBelarus has chosen 22 suitable locations, where up to 2,000 wind power stations can be installed. First Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment Protection Iya Malkina made a statement to this effect at the 21st Belarusian Energy and Ecology Congress. With 2,000 wind power stations made operational, Belarus could save up to 1 million…
DetailsBelarus’ chemical company OAO Grodno Azot manufactured Br961.8 million worth of chemical products ($502.785 million) in January-September, down by 0.7% YoY, the company said in an official report. OAO Grodno Azot’s nitrogen fertilizer output stood at 593,633 tons (in terms of 100% nitrogen) in January-September, down by 4.6% YoY; carbamide output decreased by 5.2% to…
DetailsBelarus’ Industry Ministry and China’s Weichai Power Co. Ltd have signed a memorandum, which says that the parties plan to set up a joint venture to produce up to 20,000 diesel engines a year. The project is supposed to have two stages, Belarus’ Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk reported. In 2016-2018 the parties will set up…
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