Azerbaijan’s GDP exceeded 23.8 billion manats in January-April that is 2.1% more than in January-April 2018, the State Statistical Committee reported. The volume of GDP per capita stood at 2,411.8 manats. Some 46.5% of Azerbaijan’s GDP accounted for industrial sphere, 5.9% – for construction, and 3.1% – for agriculture, forestry and fishery. Net taxes on…
The Finance Ministry of Ukraine attracted UAH 3.964 billion to the state budget as a result of the sale of government domestic loan bonds on May 14, according to the ministry’s website. “As a result of the scheduled placement of government domestic loan bonds, the state budget was replenished with UAH 3,963,805,692.70 (at the exchange…
According to the information published by Statistics Estonia on May 15, in the first quarter of 2019, the labor force participation rate in Estonia was 70.8%, the employment rate 67.5% and the unemployment rate 4.7%. While the labor force participation rate and employment rate remained steady, the unemployment rate decreased by 2.1% YoY. In the…
The U.S. dollar and the euro continue to fall in price in Ukraine. On May 14, the U.S. dollar fell by 10 kopiykas, while the euro fell by 7 kopiykas. Experts believe the trend toward strengthening the hryvnia will continue. “The hryvnia exchange rate may range at UAH 25.9-26.75 to the dollar in May. The…
Kazakh National Economy Minister Ruslan Dalenov gave an insight into the country’s economic growth rates. According to him, the country’s GDP growth made 4% in January-April against 3.8% recorded in this January-March due to accelerated development in manufacturing sector, service industry, agriculture and steady construction rates. “Since the beginning of the year the inflation rate…
UAH 42.6 billion worth of value added tax (VAT) was reimbursed to large taxpayers in January-April, up by 34% YoY, according the press service of the State Fiscal Service’s Office of Large Taxpayers. Compared to 2018, the share of large businesses in the VAT refund across Ukraine grew and exceeded 74% of the total amount…
The value added tax will remain 21% in Lithuania after the country’s parliament on May 9 rejected the liberals’ initiative to cut it to 18% from 2020, a level that was before the 2009 crisis. 22 lawmakers voted in favor of the parliament starting deliberation of the proposed amendments to the Law on Value Added…