Ukraine: trade with Uzbekistan up in 2020

Despite restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, trade between Ukraine and Uzbekistan increased by 30% YoY in 2020. This issue was discussed at a meeting of Head of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection Vladyslava Mahaletska and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Ukraine Alisher Abdualiyev,…

Ukraine: unemployment up in Q4 2021

The unemployment rate in Ukraine in the fourth quarter of 2020 increased by 0.6% QoQ, from 9.5% to 10.1%, with the actual number of officially unemployed citizens amounting to 1.8 million, the State Statistics Service reported. The number of employed citizens aged 15-70 in the fourth quarter of 2020 amounted to 15.7 million, while the…