China’s imports of natural gas jumped by nearly 21% in the first four months of this year compared to the same period in 2023, according to customs data released on Thursday. This comes as part of an overall increase in the country’s exports and imports in April after a contraction the previous month.

The central bank said it had raised the repo rate, which it uses to inject money into the banking system, by 50 basis points to 8.50%

A St. Petersburg-based plant formerly belonging to Japanese automaker Toyota has been handed over to Russian high-end carmaker Aurus, Russia’s acting Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said on Tuesday. The brand is best known for producing limos for the Russian president.

The bank also forecasts the country’s current account deficit to widen to $15.2bln, or 4% of gross domestic product, this year

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil revenues rose by 9 percent to reach SR111.51 billion ($29.73 billion) in the first quarter of 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023, the Ministry of Finance said.

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/. The price of futures contracts of Brent crude oil for July delivery has dropped below $83 per barrel on London’s ICE for the first time since March 13, according to trading data.