2010.07.16 | ALL NEWS

NEWS OF WEEK

● Belarus’ producer prices up 0.9% on mo in June

● Belarus may reform state monopolies in agribusiness, energy, telecom

● NBB to cut refinancing rate to 11.5% from 12% July 14

● Belarus’ GDP up 6.6% on year to Br69.543 tln in Jan-Jun 2010

● Belarus’ consumer prices up 0.2%/mo in June, 4.1% Jan-Jun

● Interros Group sees no need to review Norilsk Nickel board election

● Severstal launches 2 metallurgy plants in Russia’s Kaluga

● Russia’s TMK pipe deliveries up 55% on year in January–June

● BMZ starts offering $13 mln registered bond issue

● Baikal mill resumes commercial production of bleached pulp

● Belarus’ Svetlogorsk CCP output up 13.5% in Jan-Jun 2010

● Belarus’ cigarette output up 20.1% on year in Jan-Jun

● Belarus’ juice imports up 12% on yr in Jan-May

● Belarus’ OAO Lidskoe Pivo Jan-Jun beer output up 10.8% to 2.581 mln decaliters

● Belarus’ Krinitsa brewery reports Jan-Jun beer output down 8.1% to 6.684 mln decaliters

● Belarus’ OAO Olivaria beer output up 6.7%/yr in Jan-Jun

● BBH (Carlsberg Group) raises stake in Belarus’ Olivaria to 47%

● Belarus’ beer output up 7.7%/yr in Jan-Jun to 17.869 mln decaliters

● Belarus’ imports wine down 22.7%/yr in Jan-May

● Belarus opens tender to distribute fish import quota for 2011

● Deputy PM says Russian milk producers’ prices stabilize

● Russia’s JFC Group takes out $15 mln credit line from Nordea Bk

● Deputy PM sees no grain shortages in Russia due to drought

● Russia’s grain harvest at 9.6 mln tns as of Monday

● Russian govt may lend 40 bln rbl to drought-affected regions

● Russia’s Medvedev calls for maintaining sufficient meat output