Russian companies that have concluded agreements with Tajik agrarians on purchasing potatoes and onions have failed to fulfill their obligations on those agreements, Tajik Minister of Agriculture Sattor Izatullo said. According to him, Russian companies concluded agreements with Tajik onion and potato producers at the beginning of the year but later changed their mind. “I…
Russian Grain Union appealed to the government of Russia to cancel the current export duties on wheat. The reporting proposal appears in the letter of the Union, addressed to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. According to Russian Grain Union, in 2016 grain harvest in Russia will reach 112 million tons, including…
An online store selling only locally made products will be launched in Kazakhstan. Talgat Assylbayev, executive director of the Commodity Producers and Entrepreneurs Association “Made in Kazakhstan”, announced the plans to launch the online store. “Together with the Kazakhstani Association of High-Technology, Energy-Efficient and Innovative Companies we are working on the project of the online…
An article “Tajikistan: Retailers Face Giant Bank Card Fines” that was posted on EurasiaNet.org’swebsite on July 4, notes that Tajikistan’s banking regulators are forcing retailers and restaurants to accept payment by bank card against the threat of fines of up to $1 thousand in the latest wheeze to compensate for the lack of cash in…