Planning for faster increase of excise tax rate on fuel, cigarettes and alcohol, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers has backed amendments to the law On Excise Tax. The amendments set forth raising from 2018 the excise tax rate on unleaded petrol by 7.8%, on leaded petrol by 24%, on diesel by 11% and on liquified…
In January-May Belarus’ export of goods and services went up by 20.6% YoY, to $13.553 billion, according to the website of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. In January-May Belarus’ foreign trade in goods and services amounted to $26.841 billion (up by 18.1% YoY). Export of goods and services totaled $13.553 billion (up…
Foreign investment in Kyrgyzstan fell by a half from $1,573.2 billion in 2015 to $814,000 in 2016, the National Statistics Committee reported. Manufacturing industries accounted for a third of direct investments. Also, a significant share of investments is taken by geological exploration (20.3%), financial intermediation and insurance (22%). There was less direct foreign investment from…
The State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan transferred almost 1.15 billion manats to the state budget in January-June, up by 15.4% YoY, according to the Committee’s report. The Committee transferred more than 173.65 million manats to the state budget in June. Revenues from customs duties amounted to about 44.22 million manats, from the value added tax…
The average price rate in Latvia comparing June 2016 to June 2017 has increased by 3% as products got 2.6% more expensive, services – by 4%, calculated the Latvian Central Statistical Bureau. The statisticians found that compared to June 2016, last month the greatest pressure on the price changes was put by the rise in…
Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) expects that Belarus’ GDP will go up by 1.3% YoY in 2017, EDB’s July macroeconomic review says. “The economic recovery trend in Belarus continues. In January-May, the country’s GDP rose by 0.9% as against the same period of 2016. We expect that the positive tend will persist, and Belarus’ GDP will…
According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves totaled $6,561 million as of July 1, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. In June the country’s gold and foreign currency reserves went up…