In January-October the foreign trade deficit in goods in Ukraine totaled $2.089 billion against $397.1 million of proficit in the same period last year, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in January-October the exports of commodities from Ukraine totaled $29.113 billion, down by 7.9% YoY. The import volumes of goods to Ukraine…
Milk Alliance Group has reported that a first batch of butter with 82.5% fat content in the amount of 140 tons has been shipped to the Netherlands. “Public joint-stock company Zolotonosha Butter Factory made the butter. Examinations confirmed high quality of our product”, the company said on its Facebook page. In January 2017 the company…
Naftogaz Ukrainy is very unlikely to buy gas from Gazprom until the end of winter, CEO Andrei Kobolev said. “We have not bought gas from Gazprom this year. Under our estimates, we will not do this until the end of this year, that’s why 2016 will be a full calendar year, which we’ve spent without…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Russia and Ukraine to settle Kiev’s $3 billion eurobond owned by Moscow on which the fund’s disbursal of the next tranche depends, Ron van Rooden, chief of the IMF’s recent mission to Ukraine, reported. He declined to say whether any progress had been reached on the matter,…
The share of the European Union in the balance of foreign trade of Ukraine has increased from 30% to 45% in two years. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said this during his working visit to Ternopil region. “A deep and comprehensive free trade area with the European Union has started operating on January 1, 2016.…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved of a financial plan of the National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom for 2016, the press service of the government has reported. The document envisages that Energoatom will transmit 74.213 billion kWh of electricity in 2016. Other details are not disclosed. Energoatom is the operator of all four Ukrainian operating…
Estonian Riigikogu adopted an amendment to the country’s Aliens Act to simplify the settling of foreigners in Estonia that could make a contribution to the local economy, especially people working in the field of information and communication technology. Andres Metsoja, member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union’ faction, said that the objective of…