PJSC Bakhmutsky Agrarian Union (Donetsk region), a pork producing enterprise, in 2016 increased pork sales by 4.9% YoY, to 15,280 tons (live weight). According to a company report in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market, last year its net loss amounted to UAH 55.9 million against a…
DetailsRepresentatives of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) have noted the improvement of the business climate in Ukraine: the corresponding index in 2016 rose to plus 0.06 from plus 0.01 in 2015 (on a scale from minus 1 to plus 1), according to the results of the “Annual assessment of the business climate 2016.” “The index…
DetailsThe National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on April 24, recognized Diamantbank (Kyiv) insolvent, according to the central bank’s website. The NBU board made corresponding decision No. 264-RSh/BT as of April 1, the bank failed to achieve the minimum level of regulatory capital adequacy at a ratio of 5% established by the central bank. Following the…
DetailsBaltic beverages producer Cido Group continues developing its export potential. The company has commenced exports of juices to Libya this year. This is the first African country that values juices produced in Latvia. Until now, Latvian juices have been exported to markets like China and United Arab Emirates, as reported by the company. All juices…
DetailsNext year’s budget gap is EUR 460 million, which is planned to be compensated for by raising taxes for alcohol and fuel. Large Latvian municipalities do not support the government’s proposed tax reform. Leaded petrol excise tax for 1,000 liters is planned to be increased by 7.8%, from EUR 436 to EUR 470 in 2018.…
DetailsIn 2017 the share of rapeseed planted areas (winter and spring) in the general structure of crop planted areas in Belarus will rise to 7.5% against 3.9% last year. Thus the planted areas of winter rapeseed for the harvest-2017 totaled 352.7 thousand ha, and the planned areas for spring rapeseed total 86.2 thousand ha, which…
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