The free trade deal signed between Georgia and Hong Kong has come into effect. The deal was signed back on June 28, 2018, within the framework of the Belt and Road summit in Hong Kong, the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development reports. It will enable Georgian entrepreneurs to provide their produce to Hong…
Finance Ministry in 2018 borrowed UAH 286.5 billion, or $10.6 billion, to finance the deficit of the national budget. In particular, foreign loans were estimated at UAH 112.3 billion ($4.2 billion), while domestic borrowings totaled UAH 174.2 billion ($6.4 billion), according to the ministry’s website. The Finance Ministry also informed about the structure of last…
The rate of long term unemployment in Estonia in 2018 was the lowest for 20 years, according to government agency Statistics Estonia, with the labor force also increasing in size. The average unemployment rate for the whole year was 5.4% in 2018, the agency says, with the labor force participation rate 71.9%, and the employment…
Last year, the growth of capital investment in Ukraine was almost 20%. “Inflation slowed down to a single digit level, and the growth of capital investments was almost 20%. Last year, 957 industrial and production facilities were repaired and reconstructed, giving new products and new jobs,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at the Cabinet’s…
Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover in 2018 comprised $93.5 billion, up by 19.7% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reported. The volume of export in the reporting period made $67 billion (+25.7%) and import was $32.5 billion (+9.9%). (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
The “Friend of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” (Friend of SMEs) of the Agency for the Development of SMEs under Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry has started operating in Azerbaijan’s Gabala district. This is the first “Friend of the SMEs” in the Sheki-Zagatala economic region, which, along with the Gabala district, will provide services to entrepreneurs operating in…
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine this year expects to receive from external sources about $4 billion in financing. “Our budget has laid down an approximate equivalent of $4 billion in external financial needs,” Markarova reported. According to her, external financing could come from several sources, including the World Bank, the European Union, bilateral lending…