In January-April the Freeport of Riga handled 12.225 million tons of cargo, down by 0.3% YoY. Coal transshipment climbed by 16.1%, to 4,675,900 tons, oil products dropped by 31.3%, to 2,274,200 tons, wood pellets went up by 9.8%, to 291,700 tons, ore by 8.3%, to 108,200 tons. The port’s container throughput grew by 15.2%, to…
DetailsThe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has decided to transform Antonov and Plant 410 CA state-owned enterprises, which are part of Ukroboronprom state-owned defense giant, into joint stock companies. The relevant resolution was adopted at a government meeting on May 11. “This will improve the corporate management of enterprises, as well as attract investors,” said…
DetailsThe retail dealers now have to produce a number of other documents along with the income and expense record book. A statement released by the Tax Committee under the government of Tajikistan, in particular, says that the retailers now have to produce the VAT invoice, the customs declaration on imported goods and the commodity and…
DetailsDeputies of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament have unanimously voted for ratification of a financial agreement for rehabilitation of the Dushanbe-Qurghon Teppa highway that was signed between the government of Tajikistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in November last year. A regular sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon, presided over by its head,…
DetailsOver the first four months of this year, Tajikistan’s inflation rate has stood at 4.4 , which was 0.7% higher than in the same period last year, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT). Last month, Tajikistan’s inflation rate reportedly stood at 1.2%, which was 0.3% lower than in the same period last year.…
DetailsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards expectations for growth of the ratio between total external debt to GDP in Ukraine in 2017. The fund said that the indictor would grow to 127.4% of GDP from 123.8% of GDP in 2016 (earlier it was projected to 136.3%) and it would decline to 126.3% of…
DetailsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has projected that sunflower harvest in Ukraine in the 2017-2018 agricultural year (September-August) would be 13.5 million tons. Sunflower oil production would reach 5.633 million tons and its exports – 5 million tons. Production of sunflower cake could total 5.371 million tons and its exports – 4.4 million tons.…
DetailsThe key risks of the Ukrainian banking sector are low operation efficiency of state-owned banks and low quality of their assets, according to the banking sector review published by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on its website. “Largest state-owned banks require the radical change of their business models and designing long-term development strategies. The…
DetailsAs of May 10, Ukrainian agrarians planted spring grains and pulses throughout the areas of 5.936 million ha, or 82% of the forecast, a decrease of 356 thousand ha compared with the same date last year, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. In particular, the planted areas under early crops reached…
DetailsTajik President Emomali Rahmon met the visiting Head of Russia’s Republic of Daghestan Ramazan Abdulatipov. Rahmon highly appraised the role of Ramazan Abdulatipov, who served as Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan from May 23, 2005 to March 6, 2009, in expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation. According to the Tajik president’s official…
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