According to the trade monitoring data from January to September 2021, Ukraine ranked 4th in EU’s agri-food imports and 14th in agri-food exports from EU countries. The information on the results of EU agri-food trade in January-September 2021 was published on the website of the European Commission. The results concerning Ukraine are reflected in the…
Bilateral trade between China and Ukraine reached a record $15.76 billion from January to October 2021, or a third more than in the same period of 2020, Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong said on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Ukraine. The diplomat noted that over the past…
Gas transit from Russia to Slovakia through Ukraine dropped 67% from year-start, the Slovak gas transmission operator, Eustream reported. On December 31, 2021, the corresponding application was for 83.8 million cubic meters, while on January 1 it fell to 49.5 million cubic meters, on January 2 – to 35.5 million cubic meters and on January…
In September-November 2021, Ukraine reduced exports of sunflower oil by 15% YoY, to 1.35 million tons due to falling demand from China and India, the Ukroliyaprom Association reported. In particular, India, the main buyer of Ukrainian sunflower oil, reduced its imports during the specified period by 11.5%, to 466.5 thousand tons, although in 2020-2021 it…
Ukraine’s state-owned arms exporter, Ukrspecexport, received 144 foreign delegations and signed contracts worth $332 million in 2021, the company’s press service reported. Last year, Ukrspecexport managed to intensify international activities and achieve growth in economic performance. This led to a significant increase in the total amount of newly concluded foreign economic contracts. “Although the revival…
In the banking sector of Ukraine, the share of non-performing loans (NPL) as of December 1, 2021 decreased to 30.7% against 32.7% as of November 1, 2021, the National Bank’s press service reported. Since early 2021, the share of NPLs has decreased by 10.3% (UAH 73.8 billion in absolute terms), being observed in banks of…
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the strategy for reforming the public finance management system for 2022-2025, the Finance Ministry’s press service has reported. “An order “On the approval of the strategy for reforming the public finance management system for 2022-2025″ was adopted at a government meeting on December 29, 2021. The Finance Ministry drew…