Ukrainian farmers have already sown 95% of the projected area totaling 6.8 million hectares with winter crops, the press service of the Agrarian Policy Ministry reports. “As of October 23 the Ukrainian farmers have sowed 6.8 million hectares with winter crops (95%), with a projected area of 7.2 million hectares,” reads the report. In particular,…
DetailsUkraine saw a 5.5% rise in retail trade in January-September compared to the same period of 2017. However, the Ukrainian State Statistics Service has not provided statistics in monetary terms yet. Retail turnover increased the most in Ukraine-controlled districts in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, as well as in Poltava, Zakarpattia, and Kyiv regions, namely by…
DetailsSaaremere Kala AS, a subsidiary of the listed food trading group AS PRFoods, has submitted a new application for building rights for an offshore fish farming complex off the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. The company wants the fish farm permission to extend to 50 years, and aims to harvest rainbow trout in offshore cages to…
DetailsThe US intends to raise the level of trade and investment cooperation with Uzbekistan, Chairman of the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce Carolyn Lamm said during an Uzbek-American business forum. “We learned a very important fact that the Russians signed more agreements than the US. We decided that we could make more agreements to increase the…
DetailsConfectionery factory Ulduz plans to expand its exports in the near future, the company’s director of sales and exports Sergei Spiridonov reported. The company’s products are present on Georgian, Turkmen and Russian markets, he said. “We are currently working with Ukraine, Malaysia, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Our products are also represented in Iraq. We are…
DetailsIn January-August Ukraine imported 127,611 passenger cars (worth $1.356 billion), while in the corresponding period last year imports of passenger cars to Ukraine amounted to 94,250 vehicles (worth $1.31 billion), according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. At the same time, in January-August 104 passenger cars were exported from Ukraine (for a total sum…
DetailsUkrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says 6,500 km of roads have been repaired and/or built across the country over the past three years. “I have repeatedly said that we will make good roads in Ukraine. Over the past three years, about 6,500 km of roads have been repaired and built. Noteworthy, 900 km in 2016,…
DetailsA draft state budget for 2019 is currently being prepared in Turkmenistan. This was discussed at a government meeting on October 19, as a result of which main directions of the socio-economic development of Turkmenistan and the Investment Program for 2019 were identified. A significant part of monetary volumes is planned to be directed to…
DetailsLithuania plans to export ready-to-bake food products and pets to Japan, the Agriculture Ministry said. The two countries’ agriculture vice-ministers agreed in Tokyo to immediately begin talks on certification procedures. Lithuania’s potential export products include pizzas, kibinai and similar ready-to-bake products containing poultry and cheese, the ministry said. The countries also expect to agree shortly…
DetailsAzerbaijan enjoys a vast potential of renewable energy sources and strives to make use of it. In 2018 electricity produced from renewable sources will exceed 10% of the total energy generated in Azerbaijan, Deputy Chairman of The State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jamil Malikov declared. It is…
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