Moldova: Slovak project to promote agritourism

Regional food producers in the north of the country will benefit from Slovakia’s support in the digital promotion of agritourism. On May 18, in Balti, the Slovak company Pro4CE, specializing in providing consultancy in the ecological agriculture, tourism and investments in Central Europe, in partnership with the Regional Development Agency (ADR) North launched a project…

Georgia: domestic exports up in January-April 2023

Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth $1.96 billion in January-April, up by 23.6% YoY, the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office showed. Geostat said local exports in the country had accounted for 50.3% of total exports in the reporting period, amounting to $986.8 million, down by 18.3%. Georgia’s top trading partners were: Russia…

Poland: trade up in Q1 2023

Poland booked a EUR 2.9-billion trade surplus in January-March, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) said on May 18 citing data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). PIE wrote that the surplus was partly due to a nearly 16% rise in export prices and an only 11% rise in import prices. The institute noted that export…

Poland: GDP seen to grow in 2023

Poland’s GDP growth should average 0.6% in 2023, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government-affiliated economic think-tank, reported on May 17. In a commentary to GDP growth data provided by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), PIE wrote that the growth rate was expected to pick up in the second half of the year, mainly owing…

Georgia: business “advantages” promoted in Adu Dhabi meetings with potential investors

Georgia’s export promotion agency Enterprise Georgia promoted “advantages” of the country’s business climate with prospective investors at the Annual Investment Meeting in Abu Dhabi last week, Director Mikheil Khidureli has said. Meeting potential investors in energy, agriculture, production, hotels and real estate, the agency sat down with about 20 companies from Persian Gulf countries, Khidureli…