Belarus: Bellesbumprom enterprises branch out into 12 new markets in 2016

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Bellesbumprom enterprises branched out into 12 new markets in 2016, Bellesbumprom spokesperson Ruzhena Novitskaya said. “The export geography of Bellesbumprom enterprises included such new destinations as Bangladesh, Bahrain, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Morocco, the UAE, Albania, Iraq, Israel, and Luxembourg. In January-November 2016, the enterprises of Bellesbumprom exported $268.5 million worth of products…

Uzbekistan: mobile operators to pay 2000 soums per each subscriber

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The payment for the use of subscriber number by legal entities providing mobile communication services (cellular companies) has been established at 2 thousand soums per month, starting from January 1. This was stated in the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On forecast of main macroeconomic indicators and parameters of State budget…

Ukraine: fight against poverty biggest challenge for government

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Fight against poverty is the biggest challenge for the Ukrainian government, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said. “What is our biggest challenge now? The biggest challenge is the fight against poverty. We must overcome the poverty in our large country”, Groysman said. The head of government stressed that “on the one hand, we need…

Belarus: gold and forex reserves up in December 2016

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In December 2016 Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves rose by $88.9 million if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund. According to preliminary data, the reserves totaled $4.927 billion as of January 1, 2017, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. In national…

Ukraine: Finance Ministry to place government domestic loan bonds under anonymous bids

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has revised requirements to anonymity of applications of participants during the placement of government domestic loan bonds, the central bank has reported. Amendments to the rules of holding transactions related to the placement of government domestic loan bonds were approved by the Finance Ministry. They are outlined in NBU…

Kazakhstan: inflation hits 8.5% in 2016

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Inflation rate in Kazakhstan hit 8.5% in January-December 2016, Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan reported. Food prices have increased by 9.7%, non-food items’ prices have gone up by 9.5%, and paid services’ prices have increased by 6.1% since early 2016. In December 2016 the inflation rate was 0.9%. Food prices…

Azerbaijan: new appointments in Tax Ministry

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Habil Mammadov and Sarkhan Mammadov have been appointed heads of new departments at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes, says a message on the ministry’s website. Habil Mammadov was appointed the director general of the Special Revenues Department and Sarkhan Mammadov was appointed the director general of the Baku City Department for work with small entrepreneurs.…

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