Ukraine: consumer inflation up in June 2022

Consumer inflation in Ukraine in June reached 20.1% in annual terms, up from 18% in May, the National Bank of Ukraine said in its macroeconomic and monetary review for July. According to the report, major factors behind growing inflationary pressure are global trends, including high energy prices, and internal factors, primarily those related to the…

Ukraine: capacity of Danube ports to be expanded

Capacity of Ukrainian ports of the Danube will be expanded 1.7-fold, to 25 million tons per year. This plan was announced by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov. “We started with 400 thousand tons in March. Now the shipments amount to 1.5 million tons. We have reached this with limited resources and infrastructure,”…