The representatives of Ukraine and Qatar have discussed the issues of bilateral trade and economic cooperation and the opportunities for investment in Ukrainian infrastructure, agriculture, and energy sectors. “The main talking points of the meetings were the issues of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, the opportunities for investment in Ukrainian infrastructure, agriculture and energy sectors,…
DetailsThe Supreme Court of Estonia has dismissed an appeal submitted by the Lithuanian dairy company Zemaitijos Pienas against Estonia’s Estover in the string cheese trademark dispute, leaving Estover the right to sell its products under the name Piknikupulgad (Picnic Sticks). Zemaitijos Pienas, one of Lithuania’s largest dairy companies, first initiated a dispute with Estonian dairy…
DetailsEnterprises of the mining sector of Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region produced goods for 361.7 billion tenge in 2018, up by 15.5%, governor of the region Arkhimed Mukhambetov said. He also noted positive trends in all major macroeconomic indicators. The head of the region said that industrial enterprises manufactured products for 871.7 billion tenge. Mukhambetov touched on…
DetailsIn the second half of this year, construction materials plant Gobustone LLC in Garadagh district plans to expand the geography of exporting bricks and cellular concrete blocks, intended for construction of big facilities and residential areas, a source familiar with the matter reported. The company plans to begin exports to Russia, according to the source.…
Details“Through the Beskidy tunnel, 60% of Ukraine’s export is transported to the countries of Europe. This is the second railway tunnel in Ukraine in terms of length with capacity of over 100 pairs of trains per day. This saves time and ensures transport reliability,” Petro Poroshenko said in his speech at a meeting of the…
DetailsCattle numbers in Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and a part of Donbas) as of February 1, amounted to 3.392 million animals, down by 3.4% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, the number of cows during this period decreased by 3.6% and amounted to 1.928 million. The number of pigs fell…
DetailsThe Haapsalu-Noarootsi ice road continues its on-off operational history this winter, being closed again on February 22. However, an ice road on Lake Peipus was opened on the same day. The Haapsalu-Noarootsi route, which cuts out the circuitous route needed to get from the western Estonian town of Haapsalu to the adjacent Noarootsi peninsular, also…
DetailsAbout 100,000 tons of high-density polyethylene will have been produced by the end of 2019, Director General of SOCAR Polymer LLC Farid Jafarov announced. Jafarov noted that the plant for the high-density polyethylene production would reach its design capacity within the next two months. As for polypropylene, Jafarov said that its production volume by the…
DetailsThe check-in counter for transfer passengers arriving in Almaty & Astana via Incheon International Airport in Seoul will cease operation on March 1. From that date, the check-in process for Air Astana flights will be undertaken at the gate commencing three hours prior to flight departure and closing 40 minutes beforehand. Passengers will be required…
DetailsIn the 2018-2019 season, Ukraine can export about 200 containers of apples to the United Arab Emirates, while the volume of supplies will grow on a monthly basis. Head of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association Fedir Rybalko made a corresponding statement at the GulFood exhibition held in Dubai, the UAE, the press service of…
DetailsUkraine’s state-run Ukroboronprom Concern has reached an agreement to modernize Egypt army’s air defense systems. The agreement was signed at the meeting between Director General of Ukroboronprom Pavlo Bukin and Vice President and Production Director of Egypt’s National Organization for Military Production Hassan Ahmed Abdel-Mageed during an IDEX-2019 exhibition in Abu Dhabi (UAE), according to…
Details“At least 3 kilometers of roads will be paved with asphalt in each district center annually,” the President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov said at a meeting with residents of Suzak district of Jalal-Abad region. He noted that projects were being implemented to turn the Kyrgyz Republic into a transit country. According to the head of…
DetailsAmeriabank has received the Agent of Change award by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Investment in Greenhouse in Armenia. Head of Corporate Lending Department at Ameriabank Vahan Kajayan said they had supported greenhouses engaged in growing flowers, tomatoes, and strawberries. “We have presence in almost all the provinces and work with some…
DetailsAzerbaijani companies will be able to receive permits for constructing building facilities not requiring inspection within a 15-day period, and a permit for using real estate facilities within a 10-day period, Anar Guliyev, Head of Staff of the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture, declared. As noted by Guliyev, this will be possible via…
DetailsBilateral trade between Ukraine and the United Kingdom amounted to $2.5 billion in 2018, up by 7.6% YoY, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has said. According to the Export Strategy, Ukraine and the United Kingdom have further great prospects for the dynamic development of bilateral trade and economic relations. For this…
DetailsUkrainian and Slovak railway companies have reached an agreement on the launch of new Kosice – Chop – Mukachevo standard-gauge railway route starting from June. “We are still cautious about the dates, but the preliminary agreements are as follows: the Ukrzaliznytsia will launch Mukachevo – Kosice train in June. A test run on this route…
DetailsArmenia’s trade turnover with the member states of the European Union recorded a major growth in 2018, comprising $1 billion 830 million 74 thousand, moreover, the export grew by nearly 8%. The GSP+ privileged trade regime and the new electronic system for certification of origin of goods greatly contributed to the boosting of the commercial…
DetailsKyrgyzstan proposed to resume charter flights Tashkent – Tamchi, press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. According to it, the parties discussed the possibility of resuming the flight and railway communication along the route Tashkent – Balykchi at the meeting of the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan Ibragim Zhunusov…
DetailsThe decree by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on simplifying the issuance of permits for the operation of a number of multi-apartment buildings will help revive the construction market, Nusret Ibrahimov, real estate expert, director general of the consulting company MBA Group, reported. He said that earlier, investors and construction companies couldn’t commission construction projects for…
DetailsThe state budget has already received almost UAH 100 million from the sale of small-scale privatization facilities through the electronic procurement system ProZorro.Sale, Acting Head of the State Property Fund Vitaliy Trubarov wrote on his Facebook page. “Small-scale privatization has already brought almost UAH 100 million to the state budget in 2019. A total of…
DetailsIn the first month of 2019, the overall cargo turnover in the seaports of Ukraine increased by 3.4% YoY, and totaled 11.1 million tons, declared the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA). In particular, the transshipment of export cargoes totaled 8.7 million tons (+12.5%). At the same time, the shipment volumes of grain cargoes…
DetailsIn 2018, Uzbekistan increased the imports of vegetable oils by 42.1% in physical terms compared with the previous year, to 175.4 thousand tons, and in monetary terms – by 19.3%, to $147.4 million, declared the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources. In particular, the imports of sunflower oil demonstrated the most significant upward trend –…
DetailsThe European Investment Bank (EIB) and the government of Georgia have signed a deal on the allocation of a EUR 250-million loan for “vitally important” infrastructure projects in Georgia, the government says. The deal was signed in Tbilisiby Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Vice-President of EIB Vazil Hudak. Bakhtadze hailed EIB as “one of…
DetailsAzerbaijan’s GDP in January amounted to almost 5.9 billion manats, up by 2.9% YoY, the State Statistics Committee reported. GDP per capita was 601.1 manats. The volume of GDP produced in the non-oil sector of Azerbaijan increased by 2.7%, while there was an increase of 3.2% in the oil and gas sector. In 2018, except…
DetailsUkraine will be able to stop using the imported gas in the next five years thanks to the opening of access to Ukrainian mineral resources. “We have many opportunities to become energy independent. We are starting to launch a very complex and closed system – access to Ukrainian subsoil assets. I believe that in the…
DetailsUkraine’s state-owned defense industrial group, Spetstechnoexport, has unveiled for the first time the new model of high-precision multiple rocket launching system Vilkha at the international Defense exhibition IDEX 2019 in the UAE. According to a company statement, the new Ukrainian high precision multiple rocket launching system Vilkha with 300mm caliber missiles is considered one of…
DetailsTallinn Airport CEO Piret Murk-Dubout confirms that flights to the island city of Kuressaare are popular enough to justify operating larger aircraft. The number of passengers on the route has grown steadily in recent years, Murk-Dubout said. Speaking at a conference of businesses on the island, Murk-Dubout said that islanders’ call for larger aircraft with…
DetailsIn 2018, the transshipment of containers at the Baku International Sea Trade Port amounted to 22,886 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) – about 3.8 million tons, up by 49% YoY. As for passenger traffic, its volume reached a 20-year record figure – 47,736 people (+44%). The cargo transshipment potential of the Baku port within the first…
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