Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov has held a meeting on the issues of development of agro-industrial complex during his working trip to North Kazakhstan region. According to the press service of the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the meeting was held in the fields of Babyk-Burluk LLP. Massimov stressed that the Agriculture Ministry…
DetailsRussia has offered its latest aircraft carrier design, Project 23000E Shtorm, to the Indians. The offer came amid discussions between India and the United States on the prospects of the transfer of military technology for India’s future nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Delhi confirmed that a delegation of Russian officials…
DetailsGAZ Group presents its specialty vehicles based on the new generation Ural NEXT vehicles at the 7th International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom-2016. Among the Ural plant’s exhibits is a crew truck for northern climate, a truck tractor with hydraulic manipulator, a rear dump truck and a refueling truck. Ural NEXT crew truck for northern climate with…
DetailsFrench companies may act as mediators in supplying Belarusian equipment to African countries, Belarus’ Ambassador to France Pavel Latushko told media during a seminar for heads of diplomatic missions and consular establishments of Belarus on July 11. “A French delegation is currently on a visit to Minsk. French guests have come to visit such big…
DetailsThe Metropolitan “Uzexpocenter” saw the opening of the first International fruit and vegetable fair. The main purpose of the event is to raise awareness among the foreign processing and trade companies on the high, unique properties of environmentally friendly, fresh vegetables, fruit, grapes and melons, and finished quality products produced in Uzbekistan, their industrial processing.…
DetailsOn July 12, a solemn ceremony of launching of the single-deck dry cargo vessel of mixed “river-sea” navigation RSD49 project “Zhibek Zholy”, was held on the slip of Nevsky Shipyard. The ceremony was attended by the Deputy Transport Minister of Russia, head of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency Victor Olersky, Director General of Russian…
DetailsBelarus intends to export more dairy products to China, Alexander Subbotin, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister, Director of the Veterinary and Food Oversight Department of the Ministry, said. At present 17 Belarusian dairy companies export their products to China. Another 20 companies are getting ready to get the right to sell milk powder, dairy…
DetailsBelarus intends to raise its transit revenues up to $1.5 billion by 2020, Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Anatoly Sivak informed. In line with the draft program the volume of logistics services is supposed to increase by 50%, the total warehouse area in logistics hubs – by 60%, while revenues from transit are supposed to…
DetailsThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has recognized Bank Eskhata as the most active issuing bank in Tajikistan. According to the Bank Eskhata press service, the EBRD honored the most successful participants in its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) 2015 in an award ceremony on May 11-12 in London on the sidelines of the…
DetailsIndividuals will be able to import only 30 kilograms of various food products per month into the territory of Azerbaijan without paying customs duties, the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee said on July 12. According to the committee, the corresponding changes have been made to the “Procedure of privileged and simplified movement of goods, which are…
DetailsMurod Jumazoda, Chairman of the Main Geology Directorate under the Government of Tajikistan, noted that the State Reserve Commission had estimated the Akjilga deposit’s possible reserves of silver at 204.92 tons. According to experts, one ton of the Akjilga deposit’s ore contains 640 grams of silver, while one ton of the Koni Mansouri Kalon (Big…
DetailsOn July 11, the RSC Energia specialists successfully completed technological operations to join the cargo transport vehicle (CTV) Progress MS-03 with the transfer compartment. The vehicle pre-launch processing under the International Space Station (ISS) is provided at spacecraft assembly & testing facilities (SC ATF) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. According to the preparatory operations schedule the…
DetailsIn June sunflower oil shipments to foreign markets were the highest ever for this month. But there was another record set in this season – during 10 months of the current marketing year Ukraine exported 3872 KMT of sunflower oil. The same volume was supplied to foreign markets during the whole 2014/2015 season. It should…
DetailsAbout 20 billion cubic meters of gas have been annually produced in Ukraine, though only 12.5 billion cubic meters are of state production, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said. “We extracted 60 and more billion cubic meters of gas back in 1970-1980s. Today, the state hardly produces 12.5 billion. And when I hear that Ukraine…
DetailsDuring the period of export duties on sunflower seed in Ukraine (1999-2016), sunflower oil production volumes increased 9 times (from 510 thousand tons, to 4.6 million tons per year). The exports of sunflower oil increased 20.9 times (from 206 thousand tons to 4.3 million tons), association Ukroliyaprom said as to the draft law No. 1837…
DetailsOn July 12, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine signed the Memorandum of understanding with market participants – exporters of grains for 2016/2017 MY, declared the press-service of the Ministry. In particular, the parties agreed to coordinate the volumes of grain exports from the country in the new season “to ensure food…
DetailsProspective routes are becoming much more certain for the Turkmen electricity export, in particular to Pakistan and Tajikistan, says the Turkmen government. The message also said export opportunities could be expanded thanks to the commissioning of the gas-turbine power plant with annual capacity of 254 megawatts in the Beyik Turkmenbashy district of Turkmenistan’s Lebap region.…
DetailsIn 2016, agrarians of Turkmenistan harvested more than 1.6 million tons of wheat, or 100% of the planned volumes, which exceeds the last year index by 0.2 million tons, the press-service of the government reported. The planted areas under winter grains in the country totaled 760 thousand ha. 1562 combine harvesters took part in the…
DetailsThe National Bank of Ukraine welcomes Parliament’s adoption of Draft Law No. 4496 on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Legal Acts of Ukraine (on removal of administrative barriers to exports of services) in the first reading. A total of 246 MPs voted in favor of this bill. “The central bank is grateful to the MPs…
DetailsThe southern region of Kazakhstan started harvesting grain crops. According to the regional agricultural departments, as of July 12, agrarians harvested grains throughout 83.2 thousand ha, or 9.3% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians harvested 167 thousand tons of grains, with…
DetailsSlovakia’s Nafta with facilities able to store 2.74 billion cubic meters of natural gas and developing gas fields near the border with Ukraine has acquired 50% of the Uzhgorod gas field for 1.5 million euro from U.S. Cub Energy Inc. with assets in Ukraine. Cub Energy said in a report that Nafta International B.V. (the…
DetailsRussia bans import of sour cherry and cherry from Afghanistan and peaches and nectarines from Somali because of suspected smuggling of such products, the Russian veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said. Temporary restrictions are introduced on import of such products to Russia through third countries as well. Measures are taken in connection with deliveries of…
DetailsIn January-June the seaports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 29.4% YoY, to 12.1 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. At the same time some increasing of mineral fertilizers shipment by 9.9%, to 8.5 million tons, was observed. The general cargo turnover in the Russian…
DetailsImposition of the quotas on grain exports from Russia looks more preferential compared with current usage of the export duties, however realization of the reporting mechanism has some restrictions due to the Russian Federation’s obligations under the WTO, declared the Head of the Department for Control over Chemical Industry and Agro-industrial Complex at the Federal…
DetailsPrime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov instructed state agencies to provide Bishkek HPP with local coal, the department of information support of the government reported. Sooronbay Jeenbekov chaired a meeting on providing capital with local district heating coal at the end of its modernization. “In the autumn-winter season of 2016/2017 the Bishkek HPP will use 450 tons…
DetailsPrecious metal and textile production in Kyrgyzstan decreased by more than a third since the beginning of the year, Deputy Chairman of the National Statistics Committee of KR Lyuksina Tekeeva reported. According to her, the decline in production in the industry continues. For example, the production of clothing fell by 24.2%, non-metallic mineral products –…
DetailsThe decline in Russia’s key economic indicators has slowed down due to implementation of the government’s supportive measures, though they are still in the negative zone, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday. “The situation on global financial markets is still unfavorable for us. Though our key economic indicators have narrowed losses they’re still in the…
DetailsIn the season-2016/2017 the production of sunflower oil in Ukraine will increase to 5.36 million tons, against 4.78 million tons in the previous year, due to significant increasing of sunflower seed production in the country. As a result, the key country-exporter of sunflower oil in the world will increase its shipments by 0.55 million tons…
DetailsKyrgyzstan’s GDP fell by 2.3% in the first half of 2016, Deputy Chairman of the National Statistics Committee of KR Lyuksina Tekeeva reported today at a press conference. According to her, since the beginning of the year, GDP amounted to slightly more than 176 billion soms. It decreased compared to 2015, although the drop is…
DetailsPrime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov familiarized with development of the car industry in Kazakhstan during his visit to “SaryarkaAutoProm” LLP in Kostanay. Massimov familiarized with the technological process, checked out the assembly shops and ready cars, grain harvesters and Kazakhstani electric cars as well. Massimov and heads of the company discussed the problems of…
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