Ukrainian agrarians started planting corn for grain. As of April 10, Ukraine planted the grain throughout the areas of 60 thousand ha, or 1% of the plan, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared. The general planted areas under early grains and pulses in the country reached 2.094 million ha, or 87%…
DetailsA shortage of dollars in circulation in Tajikistan has led to the further devaluation of the national currency, the somoni. The somoni has lost 2.2% of its value against the dollar over the last day alone – from 8.82 somoni per $1 on April 10, to 9.02 somoni per $1 on April 11. Meanwhile, it…
DetailsIn March the index of consumer prices for goods and services totaled 100.3% as against February 2017 and 101.7% as against December 2016, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus reported. In March the basic index of consumer prices that disregards changes of prices for the commodities and services affected by administrative and seasonal factors reached…
DetailsKazakh car plant SaryarkaAvtoProm, located in Kostanay, started the production of Chevrolet NIVA cars from the car kits supplied from Tolyatti, Russia, GM AvtoVAZ said in a message on April 10. GM AvtoVAZ and SaryarkaAvtoProm signed an agreement on delivery of car kits in January. Kazakhstan is one of the most important export markets for…
DetailsThe Individuals’ Deposit Guarantee Fund on the basis of the decision of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) dated April 7, on declaring Finbank (Odessa) insolvent on April 10, introduced temporary administration in the financial institution for one month, the fund said on its website. Viktoria Stepanets has been appointed temporary administrator of the bank.…
DetailsUkraine exported roughly 33.1 MMT of grains in the 2016/2017 season as of March 28, up by 9% YoY (30.3 MMT). The exports included 14.5 MMT of wheat (12.8 MMT in MY 2015/2016), 13.6 MMT of corn (13.3 MMT) and about 4.78 MMT of barley (4 MMT). In addition, 271.6 KMT of flour was shipped…
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