Ukrainian farmers continue harvesting sunflower. As of October 3, nearly 3900.4 thousand ha had been threshed, or 66% of the intended area (5916.2 thousand ha), up by 1.6% YoY (3838 thousand ha). 8382.6 KMT had been obtained with the average productivity of 2.15 MT/ha (in 2015 – 7975 KMT; 2.08 MT/ha). Soybean had been threshed…
Hungary’s Wizz Air, the largest low cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced the launch of a new route from Kyiv to Bratislava (Slovakia). According to a press release of the airline, the new flights will be serviced from December 17, twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The tickets can be bought…
The State Statistics Service of Ukraine reports that production of cement in August increased by 15.5% YoY and now is 1’03 million tons (excluding Crimea, city of Sevastopol, part of Donetsk and Lugansk regions). Moreover, the monthly amount of production in August is the record-breaking since September 2013. If compared to July the output went…
The Ukrainian antimonopoly committee has filed a suit to the Kiev Economic Court to enforce recovery of a $3 billion penalty from Russian gas maker Gazprom, an official of the committee reported. The committee imposed the fine in 2015 to punish the company for its monopolist position on the transit gas market. Gazprom said it…
Ukraine needs to build the land market that stimulates the economic development of agriculture, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has said. “First we need to decide what the land market will be. Do you think it does not exist? Of course, it does. It exists, but in the way that limits the development of agriculture…
In January-September Ukraine imported coal and anthracite valued at $1.039 billion, in particular $133.663 million in September. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied coal for $674.18 million, the United States for $147.293 million, Australia for $69.103 million, other countries for $148.234 million. The total volume of coal delivered to the country for the…
On October 3, Ukraine International Airlines offered Economy Class passengers traveling on UIA short and medium-haul flights the new pre-ordered meal menu. To pre-order an onboard meal, a passenger should visit the UIA website, click the pre-ordered meals link, submit information on the flight date and route, and choose the preferred meal options out of…