As of September 6, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 38.5 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 9.9 million ha, or 69% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.9 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. On the same date last year the production volumes reached 37.4 million tons. In particular,…
Ukraine has a high potential for development of its agricultural sector and increasing the general grain harvest by 8-9 million tons, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi declared. To date, Vinnytsa, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkassy and Kiev regions are the leaders in grain yield indices, while the average yield in the country…
Ukrainian airlines saw a 25.5% rise in passenger transportation in January-August YoY, to 5.284 million people, according to the State Aviation Service of Ukraine. International routes usage grew by 25.4%, to 4.771 million people. Passenger flow via Ukrainian airports rose by 16.2%, reaching 8.288 million. Passenger flow on international flights grew by 14.8%, to 7.244…
The state-run enterprise Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon (Sumy region), part of Ukroboronprom Concern, has modernized three attack helicopters Mi-24PU-1 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The helicopters are ready to be handed over to the Land Forces, the concern’s press service reported. During Mi-24PU-1 development special attention was paid to attack helicopters’ security enhancing.…
Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) created using funds of the U.S. government seeks to invest at least $5 million in commercial startups in the Ukrainian IT sector, WNISEF CEO Jaroslawa Z. Johnson said. “We have received a permit to launch a new fund for startups in the IT sector”, she noted. She said that WNISEF…
Milling wheat price reduction was observed in Russian export market. Last week prices for milling wheat with 12.5% and 11.5% protein decreased by $1-2 to $171-172/MT FOB and $165-167/MT FOB in Novorossiysk port, respectively, for delivery in September. The world market was again the main factor of pressure. High supply of feed wheat and wheat…
The Tsentralnoye oil, gas and gas condensate field was discovered in 2008 following the Tsentralnaya-1 prospecting drilling. According to the National Register, the field’s C1+2 recoverable reserves are estimated at 135 million tons of reference fuel (liquid hydrocarbons approximately 70%). LLC Neftegazovaya Kompaniya Tsentralnaya (Central Oil and Gas Company), a joint venture of PJSC LUKOIL,…