The level of exports made by companies from the Transnistrian region to the European Union’s area stood at over 57 per cent, on average, during 2014-2021. According to the Reintegration Policies Bureau, the European Union’s area is the most attractive and active destination of the commercial and economic transactions carried out by companies from the … Read more
Abai region shares borders with Russia and China, and the region itself became a crossroad of many routes. Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said it at the meeting with region’s residents in Semey today, the Presidential press service reported. «In order to rationally use these opportunities, our roads must be of high quality and … Read more
The German Embassy reported on its Facebook page that compared to the same period of 2021, the export of Georgian wine to Germany increased by 27%. “Today is Georgian Wine Day! Did you know that in the first half of this year, 494,000 liters of Georgian wine were exported to Germany, which means that compared … Read more
Azerbaijan is turning into a logistics center for the transshipment of cars from Europe to the East, in particular to the countries of Central Asia, Press Secretary of Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC Elmar Habibli told Trend. According to him, today the port registers a large flow of premium class passenger cars, which are … Read more
Armenia’s foreign trade in the first 8 months of 2022 soared by 56.2% from the same time span of 2021 to over $7.8 billion, the National Statistical Committee (NSC) said today. It said the foreign trade in August 2022 alone amounted to over $1.4 billion, twice as much as in August 2021. Compared to July … Read more
A meeting between Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan Akmalkhodja Mavlonov and Daniyar Janalinov, chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Finance Ministry of Kazakhstan, took place in Shymkent.
The implementation of the bilateral documents signed in the field of customs during the state visit of Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Kazakhstan in December 2021 was on the main focus during the visit.
A working meeting on December 25, 2021 was held and a protocol on cooperation was signed by the heads of the customs services of both countries in order to imply these documents.
They discussed in detail mutual coordination of construction works at border-customs posts “Navoi” (Uzbekistan) – “Qoplonbek” (Kazakhstan) and “Dout ota” (Uzbekistan) – “Tajen” (Kazakhstan) located on the border of the Uzbek-Kazakh state and the execution of tasks arising in the process at this meeting.
The start of the system of advance information exchange about the goods and means of transport moving through the customs borders from December 15 of this year was also agreed.
The sides also discussed the issues of mutual comparison and coordination of customs statistics on foreign trade between the two countries, joint customs control of energy resources transported across customs borders at the meeting.
They put forward a proposal to establish a permanent “customs service representative” within the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan to quickly consider and resolve customs issues.
The mutual cooperation plan for 2023-2024 was signed by the parties following the meeting.
The agreement sets the next meeting for the second quarter of 2023.
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Geneva, Switzerland has hosted a roundtable on “Azerbaijan 2022: energy source and logistics hub for Europe and Asia”.
The Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG) organized the event with the support of the Joint Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Switzerland-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus, Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBIA) and SOCAR Trading.
The list of speakers of the meeting included Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Switzerland Fuad Isgandarov, Chairman of the Board of Small and Medium Business Development Agency of Azerbaijan (KOBIA) Orkhan Mammadov, Director of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services Nathalie Hardyn, Managing Director of the Joint Chamber of Commerce Switzerland-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus Dorit Sallis, head of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Departments on the South Caucasus and other countries Seraina Sigron and representative of SOCAR Trading Taghi Taghizada.
The presentations by KOBIA, Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Agency (AZPROMO) were featured at the roundtable, and the country’s investment potential, as well as logistics and energy opportunities, were provided to SMEs in Azerbaijan by Switzerland’s M&M company’ support and services.
A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation has been signed by KOBIA, the Joint Chamber of Commerce Switzerland-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus (JCC) and Swiss Alternative Financing company was signed during the meeting.
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According to the Foreign Ministry, during the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the further development of Uzbek-Kyrgyz cooperation, the implementation of previously reached agreements at the highest level and the schedule of upcoming meetings. Issues of maintaining contacts between the foreign ministries, development of inter-parliamentary relations between the two countries were discussed. … Read more
Throughout the three quarters of 2022, Ukraine exported to EU member states more products than it did in the same period of 2021. That’s according to the press service of the Ministry of Economy, Ukrinform reports. “Today, trade between Ukraine and the European Union has actually been restored. In August, exports to the EU made … Read more
The biggest central logistics event in the region, the 10th Logistics and Transport Annual Conference, will traditionally open on November 2 in Hotel Crowne Plaza in Belgrade. This event is unique in this part of Europe, both for the scope of the fields it encompasses and for the number of participants, which, for years now, … Read more