This year Brest region enterprises have been able to reach six new target markets, Mikhail Batsenko, Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Brest Regional Executive Committee, reported. In January-June Brest region exported merchandise to 74 countries. For the first time Brest region enterprises started exporting products for holidays and carnivals to Brazil, apparel to…
The Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution dated August 5, determined additional measures on attraction of foreign investors to some joint stock companies. The resolution said that 17 joint stock companies failed to attract foreign investors in time due to poor work of top managers and inefficient organization of management. The document underlined that heads of eight…
Belarus has been working on a new edition of the bill “On state purchases of goods, works and services” dated July 12, 2013, Irina Tretyakova of the Trade Ministry announced. The new edition of the law is supposed to make allowance for all tricky aspects of procedures relating to state purchase contracts, the official said.…
Companies controlled by Belarus’ light industries concern Bellegprom increased exports by 9% YoY in January-June to $239.9 million, Bellegprom said in a release. Exports to the CIS states accounted for 84.2% of Bellegprom companies’ total export volume (exports to Russia – 74.2%). Exports to Ukraine grew by 15.4% to $11.6 million. Bellegprom companies increased output…
Seventy-one state facilities were put up for privatization in Azerbaijan, the country’s State Committee for Property Affairs said. Of them, 31 are joint stock companies operating in various sectors of economy, two are non-residential areas, 10 are means of transport, and 28 are other state properties and facilities. Total value of shares of the enterprises…
Ukraine’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2016 increased by 1.3% YoY, whereas in the first quarter of this year the figure was a mere 0.1%, the State Statistics Service has said. According to live data, Ukraine’s GDP in the second quarter of 2016, taking into account the seasonal factor, rose…
Tajikistan and Indonesia have signed five new cooperation documents. On August 1, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met in Jakarta with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo. According to the Tajik president’s official website, the two sides discussed a broad range of issues related to state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between their countries.…