Revenues of local budgets in January-June grew by 23.8% YoY, or by UAH 20.741 billion, to UAH 107.704 billion. Over the said period, the government has carried out interbudgetary transfers to local budgets worth UAH 169.808 billion, which is 95.3% of the allotted appropriations, as reported on the website of the Ministry of Finance of…
The state budget of Ukraine in January-June received UAH 449.056 billion ($17.07 billion) in revenue, down by UAH 14.128 billion ($536 million), or by 3.1% from the target for the said period. Compared with the same period in 2017, the state budget revenues in the first half of 2018 increased by UAH 54.150 billion ($2.06…
In 2017 exports of Ukrainian goods to Canada grew by 74.4% (or $21.5 million) and amounted to $50.4 million, the press service of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry wrote on Twitter. “Soon it will be two years since the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement was signed. In 2017 exports of Ukrainian goods to Canada rose…
The Lithuanian government backed the government’s proposal to raise excise tax rates for cigarettes and other tobacco products, including liquids used in e-cigarettes, and to subject nicotine free e-liquids to an excise duty starting next March. The Seimas approved the government’s three-year plan for increasing the excise duties by 6-14% in a vote of 100…
The living wage in Ukraine grew by UAH 77, to UAH 1,777 from July 1. This is envisaged in the Law of Ukraine on National Budget for 2018. “Set the living wage from January 1 at UAH 1,700 per person per month, from July 1 – at UAH 1,777, and from December 1 – at…
Arrears in wage payments across Ukraine as of June 1 increased by 3.5% YoY, amounting to UAH 2.561 billion ($95.46 million), the State Statistics Service reports. Arrears in wages to employees of economically active enterprises increased by 6.5%, to UAH 1.411 billion ($53.87 million). (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects economic activity to remain strong in Georgia, supported by a favourable global environment and the firm implementation of program policies. The Executive Board of the IMF approved the completion of the second review of the three-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for Georgia on June 27. Following the Executive…