Belarus: potash exports to Ukraine up in H1 2016

Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) shipped 21,014 tons of potash fertilizers to Ukraine in January-June, up 2.2 times YoY. Potash export proceeds from Ukraine-bound shipments grew 2.1 times YoY to $9.2 million. Established in September 2013, Belarus Potash Company (BPC) has regional dealerships in Delhi, Beijing, Singapore and Sao Paulo. BPC facilitates potash exports to Europe,…

Kazakhstan: new gas chemical complex to be built

Kazakh United Chemical Company will build integrated gas chemical complex in Atyrau region, Kazakh Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna reported. The complex will process gas from Tengiz field and produce polyethylene, which is widely used in construction, medicine, engineering, the packaging industry, household goods manufacture, etc. The project will cost $2.6 billion, Samruk-Kazyna plans to attract debt…

Belarus: stepwise action to create single pharmaceutical market in EEU suggested

Belarus suggests taking stepwise action to create the single pharmaceutical market in the Eurasian Economic Union, Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said when speaking at an expanded-participation meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Sochi. Andrei Kobyakov noted that Belarus was concerned with the lack of progress in the development of the single internal market…