In August the foreign trade turnover of Latvia amounted to EUR 2.37 billion, which at current prices was 9.5% less than in August 2018, of which the exports value of goods was 2.1% lower, and imports value of goods – 15.1% lower. In August Latvia exported goods in the amount of EUR 1.1 billion, but…
Bank deposits in the national currency in Ukraine in September grew by 3.1%, to UAH 571.8 billion ($23.1 billion), while deposits in foreign currency shrank by 0.2%, to $15.4 billion in the equivalent. Since the beginning of 2019, bank deposits in hryvnias have increased by 5.9%, while those in foreign currency have grown by 15.6%,…
As of October 9, 130,201 tons of raw cotton were delivered to cotton collection centers across Azerbaijan, up 1.6-fold YoY, Agriculture Ministry reported. In 2019 so far Saatli (21,561 tons), Agjabadi (14,184 tons), Barda (13,165 tons), Bilasuvar (12,527 tons) and Sabirabad (12,266 tons) districts are leading by the amount of cotton harvested. Cotton growing is…
Exports fell for the third month in a row in August, according to government agency Statistics Estonia. Imports also fell. Exports dropped by 3% YoY, and imports by 7%. The sector most affecting the decrease was mineral products – shale oil, motor spirit and fuel additives. Electricity exports and imports also affected figures, according to…
In January-September UAH 199.6 billion was transferred to local budgets, up by UAH 32 billion YoY, according to the website of the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development. In particular, the revenues of local budgets over the reporting period were almost three times higher than the figures recorded for the whole of 2014, when the…
At the end of September the level of registered unemployment level was 5.7% of Latvia’s economically active population, down by 0.2% MoM, as reported by State Employment Agency. There were 52,595 unemployed people registered with SEA at the end of September, down by 1,795 people. The lowest unemployment level in Latvia was noted in Riga…
Majilis has ratified the draft law “On amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On 2019-2021 National Budget””. According to First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov, the document was compiled based on the country’s socio-economic forecast for 2019. “Budget revenues were increased by 94.9 billion tenge, and budget expenditures…