The national budget in January-November saw a deficit of UAH 34.860 billion, or $1.5 billion, up 190-fold YoY. The surplus of the country’s consolidated budget over the period under review was UAH 6.882 billion, or $295.6 million, against UAH 22.002 billion, or $945.1 million a year earlier, according to Ukraine’s Treasury Service. (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)
The economic base laid in 2019 will provide for good growth in 2020, Kazakhstan’s Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov said. According to Dalenov, Kazakhstan’s national economy is entering next year with good prospects. “I think the 2019 base will provide for good growth in 2020. Good conditions have been created for this,” Dalenov said.…
Over the ten months of the year the export of goods from Chernihiv region increased by 6% YoY, and the trade turnover of regional enterprises with foreign partners exceeded $1 billion. “In January-October the trade turnover of regional enterprises with foreign partners from 132 countries amounted to $1.005 billion. The export of goods grew by…
The State Statistics Service of Ukraine has lowered the estimate of real GDP growth in the third quarter to 4.1% in annual terms from 4.2% announced earlier. The estimate of growth compared with the previous quarter, taking into account the seasonal factor, has deteriorated to 0.6% from 0.7%, according to the report. The agency says…
The areas allocated for cotton cultivation will amount to 105,000 hectares in 2020, Azerbaijan’s Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov said. According to the new subsidization mechanism, that will come into force in 2020, some 220 manats ($129) will be issued to farmers for every hectare of sown cotton, and 100 manats ($58) for each ton of…
Compared to October, the level of producer prices in Latvian industry dropped by 0.1% in November. The level of prices of products sold on the domestic market dropped by 0.5%, however prices of exported products increased by 0.3%. The level of prices both of products exported to euro area countries and of products exported to…
On December 20 the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) put into circulation new UAH 50 banknotes, as well as UAH 5 coins that would gradually replace the relevant paper banknotes, the press service of the central bank wrote on its official Facebook page. “First of all, the National Bank intends to put into circulation 5…