From January 1 to April 20, 2022, trade in Armenia increased by 550 billion drams (approx. US$80 million) compared to 2021. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting of the government. He admitted, however, that inflation had played a certain part in this. “But its role is not higher than 15 to … Read more
Uzbekistan and China organized a “business workshop” with the participation of representatives of the authorities and business circles of Karakalpakstan, Namangan region and the Chinese province of Hebei in order to use the potential of the regions and to increase further development of trade-economic and investment cooperation between the two countries.
Thematic presentations were made during the event by representatives of Uzpharmagency, Uzkimyosanoat and Uztuqimachiliksanoat.
The main sectors of the regional economy, their potentials for further development of trade and investment exchange were presented during the meeting, and presentations of projects for joint implementation were made.
A joint work plan with the definition of specific areas of cooperation and activities and preparation of bilateral documents for signing were agreed on by the parties following the event in order to create a legal framework for cooperation. Additional bilateral negotiations between companies in the regions are going to be conducted to discuss in detail the projects proposed during the presentation in such industries, like textiles, chemicals, agriculture, building materials and others.
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According to Kazakh Agriculture Minister Yerbol Karashukeyev, Kazakhstan’s sugar imports will fall by 32% to increase the home-produced sugar supplies at the domestic markets from 7% to 43%.
He also told the Government meeting that annual sugar consumption in Kazakhstan stands at 532,000 tons. Irrigation water scarcity, sugar-beets labor-intensive growing methods, sugar-mills worn-out state, price dumping by Russian producers helped to fabricate 7% out of this amount in Kazakhstan.
The minister also added that an increase of sugar-beet gross yield is expected from 332,000 tons to 1.8 mln tons. Solving the problem of water supplies, an extension of cultivated areas from 14,500 ha to 38,000 ha, technical equipment, as well as launching the projects for updating and construction of a sugar mill with the infrastructure development of the industry will help to attain this result.
The target is to increase sugar production sevenfold up to 254,000 tons, and to reduce sugar imports by 32%.
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In order to widely use the potential of the regions of Uzbekistan and China in the further development of trade-economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, the Embassy of our country organized a “business workshop” with the participation of representatives of the authorities and business circles of Karakalpakstan, Namangan region and the Chinese province … Read more
Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Solskyi has paid a working visit to the Republic of Latvia to discuss the possibility of agricultural exports via Latvian ports. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “As part of the visit, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food … Read more
The prime minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, said that, in January and February 2022, exports of information and communications technology services amounted to EUR 347 million. – Great news: in January and February this year, exports of ICT services of EUR 347 million were recorded (42.7% more than in the same period last year) – … Read more
Customs Service revenues to the state budget amounted to over 687.9 million lei on 18 -25 April, up by 23.3% than the budget burden set for this period. According to the institution, the private people set out goods whose value in customs exceeds the non-taxable limit, collected payments amounting to over 8.3 million lei, which … Read more
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The customs body also noted export of sanctioned goods imported to Georgia was “strictly controlled” to make sure Russian or Belarusian goods do not end up in the countries participating in the sanctions or vice-versa. Any type of goods, both military and dual-use, as well as all products included in the international sanctions imposed by … Read more
Exports from Azerbaijan to CIS countries grew in the first quarter of this year, according to the State Customs Committee. Official figures suggest that Azerbaijan exported goods worth $575.361 million to CIS countries in Q1 of 2022, which is $216.820 million more than in the same period of 2021. According to the committee, imports from … Read more