Britain’s Crown Agents will not be able to supply three out of 214 pharmaceuticals from the procurement list bought using 2015 national budget funds. There is no alternative to the drugs in Ukraine today. Crown Agents reported that Lamivudinum (1,200 mg, 69th on the list) would not be bought due to the impossibility of buying…
VTB Capital, an investment advisor in privatization of the government’s 50.08% stake in Russian oil company Bashneft, has recommended selling the stake in a single lot, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said. “The advisor’s recommendation is a sale in a single lot”, he said. “We are completely ready for that, and I mean VTB Capital,…
The downward trend in Ukrainian export market changed to some price growth. Last week wheat export prices strengthened. The prices for 2nd grade wheat (12.5% protein) grew by $1 to $168-170/MT FOB, while 3rd grade wheat prices (11.5% protein) reached $161-164/MT FOB for October delivery. Some recovery of importers’ demand for October-November was observed on…
Ukrainian broiler meat production is growing even faster than thought, thanks to record exports and steady consumer demand, US officials said. The improving economic situation in Ukraine is allowing producer to up their output, and the bumper grain harvest this year will help margins next year, the US Department of Agriculture’s Kiev bureau said. The…
Russia’s Natural Resource and Environment Ministry and the U.N. have approved the first document that will bring the country’s classification of oil and gas resources closer to the U.N. classification, the ministry said in a statement. This document has become the first document that has tied the U.N. framework classification with a national system. The…
Ukraine is waiting for the fourth tranche of the U.S. government-secured $1 billion. “Along with the proposal on technical assistance we hope to continue cooperation in getting the new U.S. government-secured $1 billion. The credit guarantees are used to settle urgent needs of the budget and they are provided at very low rates after the…
The government is making all necessary steps to ensure that over the next 4-5 years Ukraine could become a country with a strong national economy, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman announced during the opening ceremony of electrical equipment and automotive parts plant of the Fujikura company in the Lviv region. The Prime Minister stressed…