Kazakhstan: 90% of Industrialization Map projects working at full capacity in Karaganda region

71 projects have been implemented in Karaganda region under the Industrialization Map. 54 of them are running at full capacity now, according to Tolegen Igembayev, Head of the Regional Department for Industry and Industrial-Innovative Development. 94 projects worth more than 1350 billion tenge with the creation of over 11,000 jobs have been included in the…

Tajikistan: $2.877 billion in FDI attracted

Tajikistan attracted $6.663 billion in foreign investments in 2007-2015, according to the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest). A totaled reportedly included $2.877 billion attracted in foreign direct investment (FDI), $3.785 billion of loans attracted by enterprises and organizations, and $1.8 billion of portfolio investment (portfolio investments include transactions in equity securities,…

Kazakhstan: 94 countries to participate in Expo 2017

Ninety four countries have officially confirmed their participation in International Specialized Exhibition EXPO-2017, to be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, the Kazakh National company “Astana EXPO-2017” said on July 25. As many as 56 countries have already signed contracts on participation. The latest contracts have been signed by Italy and South Korea. The World’s Fair…

Azerbaijan: talks on WTO accession held in Geneva

Another round of talks on Azerbaijan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) started in Geneva, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said. According to the ministry, at the negotiations the Azerbaijani delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev. Earlier, Chidu Osakwe, director of the WTO office of accession, said the changes taking place in…

Ukraine interested in Chinese investments

Ukraine is interested in strengthening cooperation with China, particularly in attracting Chinese investment and broad access of the Ukrainian goods and technologies to the Chinese market. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing Hennady Zubko said this during a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Ukraine Du Wei, the…

Uzbekistan: business forum took place in Samarkand

An Uzbek-Chinese Business Forum and Cooperation Exchange with participation of business circles of Uzbekistan and China took place in Samarkand. The events were organized in order to further develop partnership relations between entrepreneurs of Uzbekistan and China. They were organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan and China Council for the Promotion…