Ukraine: 100 agricultural enterprises receive payments for business development

Payments to agrarians under the government grant programme to support small and medium-sized businesses are actively continuing. As of today, five more agricultural companies from different regions of Ukraine (Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Volyn and Kyiv) have received UAH 15.8 million from the Government to develop orchards and greenhouses. Since the beginning of the year, 91…

Poland: banks plan to tighten lending criteria

Polish banks plan to tighten the lending criteria for all types of loans in the third quarter, a survey of lending committee chiefs conducted by the Central Bank has shown. Lenders are expected to especially tighten the criteria for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), continuing a trend started in the second quarter. Demand for corporate…

Poland: exports to Ukraine up in 2022 and 2023

Poland became in 2022 the second biggest exporter to Ukraine after China, a government-affiliated economic think-tank reported. “With a 10% share, Poland became the second biggest supplier to Ukraine after China in 2022,” the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) said. “Poland advanced from the fourth place and overtook Germany and Russia,” PIE wrote, adding that, according…