Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman at a meeting with representatives of the so-called trade blockade in Donbass pointed out the risks for Ukrainians over the blockade and assured that the government was ready to strengthen control. “The Prime Minister supports strengthening control over smuggled goods on the territories near the ATO zone and strengthening control…
Uzbekistan Stock Exchange (UZSE) registered deals with securities valued at 10.7 billion soums in January. The exchange said it recorded 195 deals with 6.5 million shares with 29 issuers. The largest deal was recorded on January 25, with 145,000 shares of Farg’ona go’sht-sut savdo for 3.2 billion soums. The average size of the exchange deals…
In January-December 2016, according to preliminary data of the State Statistics Committee, the volume of gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices amounted to 199325,1 billion soums, while the growth in comparison with January-December 2015 made up 7.8%. GDP growth was mainly influenced by following economic activities: construction (112.5%), trade, accommodation and food (113.4%), transportation…
Parliament of Uzbekistan adopted a decision on the introduction of 10,000 bill in the country, its design was also approved. According to a source in the Central Bank, the first banknotes will be put in circulation in the near future. As of today, the largest Uzbek banknote is 5,000 sum. It was put in circulation…
Kazakh National Bank forecasts inflation rate in the country to decrease to 6.5-7% in 2017, and to begin to smoothly enter the target range of 5-7% in 2018, the bank said in a message. “Slowdown of inflation will occur on account of a decrease in inflation expectations, an enhancement of stability and predictability of the…
Kyrgyzstan improved its indicators in logistics efficiency rating, having risen three positions up, the Director of the Pony Express company in Kyrgyzstan Janybek Karymshakov said. According to the World Bank estimates, Kyrgyzstan took 146th place in the logistics efficiency rating. There is an increase in figures. Back in 2014 the republic was on the 149th…
The Guarantee Fund has issued 16 guarantees for 11 million soms within four months to businessmen, Deputy Economy Minister Daniyar Imanaliev reported. According to him, as of today, one of the most problematic and unresolved issues is insufficient loan collateral. Approximately 40-50% of business applications are rejected by commercial banks because of lack of collateral.…