Uzbekistan exported $3.2 billion worth of goods during January-March, the GDP growth amounted to 3%, industrial production grew by 3.8% and agriculture by 3.1%. State budget revenues exceeded the forecast by almost $190 million. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a meeting on May 12 said that these figures, indeed, were good, but not enough. If all…
At the end of April, the level of registered unemployment in Latvia was 7.9% of the economically active population, down by 0.3% MoM, according to information from the State Employment agency (NVA). At the end of April, there were 71,376 unemployed people registered with NVA, down by 2,856 people. The unemployment level declined the sharpest…
Tax revenue grew by nearly 20% YoY in the first quarter of 2021, the Finance Ministry reports, and totaled EUR 1.77 billion, payable to the Tax and Customs Board (MTA). The tax take increased for three consecutive months, with growth gradually accelerating largely due to the low baseline in spring 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic…
The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Kyrgyzstan offers its own variant of protection of entrepreneurs from unauthorized inspections and other pressure. The document was submitted for public discussion. It is specified that to date, 15,000 small and medium enterprises and about 400,000 individual entrepreneurs are engaged in business in the Kyrgyz Republic. “They regularly…
Ukraine’s Finance Ministry borrowed UAH 1.427 billion, or $51.595 million, to the national budget at the latest weekly auction to place government domestic loan bonds held on May 11. Funds were raised due to the placement of three hryvnia-denominated packages, the ministry’s press service reported. Packages in hryvnias were sold for UAH 480.11 million ($17.359…
Compared to April 2020, the average level of consumer prices increased by 1.7% in April 2021. Compared to April 2020, the average level of consumer prices was mainly influenced by the increase in prices of goods and services related to transport, prices of recreational and cultural goods and services, prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages,…
Imports rose by 20% YoY in March, while exports were just behind at a 19% growth, state agency Statistics Estonia reported. Increases in trade in electrical equipment, mineral products, timber and wood-based products and also transport-related items were the driving factors in the growth, the agency says. Evelin Puura, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said…