Kyrgyzstan’s GDP fell by 2.3% in the first half of 2016, Deputy Chairman of the National Statistics Committee of KR Lyuksina Tekeeva reported today at a press conference. According to her, since the beginning of the year, GDP amounted to slightly more than 176 billion soms. It decreased compared to 2015, although the drop is…
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov has inspected the metalworks of ENRC PLC in Rudny town within his working trip to Kostanay region. The management of the plant demonstrated manufactured products. This plant is currently the biggest iron ore extracting and processing plant in Kazakhstan. The metal works employs more than 19 thousand people. (Kazinform/Business…
A free trade zone has opened on Tajikistan’s common border with China. “The free trade zone will begin operations on both sides of the Kulma border-crossing checkpoint in the near future”, Khudoberdi Kholiqnazar, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, said. “Currently, working groups of Tajikistan and China are actively…
The agreement on a free trade area between Ukraine and Canada since the moment of taking force after its ratification by parliaments of the two countries will reduce imports duties for 98% of Ukrainian imported goods and for 72% of Canadian exports to nil, Ukraine’s Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported. “Imports duties on agricultural…
An exhibition of industrial goods of China’s Gansu Province is expected to take place in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe soon. An agreement on holding the exhibition in Dushanbe was reached during a meeting of Head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said with Li Chong Tsan, Vice-Governor of Gansu Province, which…
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) completed the deal on real estate acquisition in Milan, Italy, Shahmar Movsumov, SOFAZ executive director, said. He said there were no problems with the acquisition of the real estate in Milan. “The deal has been completed”, he said. “We have become the owners of the property”. SOFAZ together…
Industrial prices in Ukraine after a rise of 5.3% caused by the liberalization of the natural gas market by the Ukrainian government left unchanged in June, the State Statistics Service has reported. According to its data, in annual terms (compared to the same period of 2015) the growth of wholesale prices in June slowed to…