The freight turnover of Ukrainian transport enterprises in January-August shrank by 17.1% YoY, to 185.7 billion ton-kilometers, the State Statistics Service reported. In total, these companies transported 382.2 million tons of cargo, down by 13.4%. According to the State Statistics Service, the cargo turnover of Ukrainian transport enterprises in 2019 grew by 2.1% YoY, to…
Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said that Ukraine intends to cut public debt by 3% in 2021. “This year we have a deficit of UAH 300 million. This is a crisis year, as we had to finance some social programs, pension indexation and the Fund to tackle Covid-19. But we have the opportunity to borrow.…
The RDS Ukrainian road-building group of companies has completed the repair of 37 km of the section of the N-01 road in Cherkasy region ahead of schedule, the group’s co-founder, Yuriy Shumakher, has announced. “According to our commitments, we were supposed to complete the work in November, but we completed the renovation at the end…
On September 2, “Zakhidnyi Bug” PE began sugar beet harvesting – the total area in 2020 amounted to 13,775 ha, and the planned average yield – 60 ton/ha. As of September 16, the company has harvested 93,206 tons of sugar roots with the average yield of 50-55 ton/ha and sugar content – in the range…
Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said the healthcare spending in 2021 will grow unprecedentedly, up to 4.2% of GDP. “Healthcare is our key priority given the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing healthcare reform. Expenditures on healthcare will grow unprecedentedly, up to 4.2% of GDP, which is more than UAH 190 billion ($6.8 billion) in the…
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov and China’s Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong have discussed the further development of Ukrainian-Chinese cooperation in the political, economic and security spheres, noting that the trade between the two countries in 2019 amounted to $12.8 billion, the NSDC’s press service has reported. The parties…
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, about 300,000 people have been employed in Ukraine, testifying to progress in the implementation of a program to create half a million jobs. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, about 300,000 people have been employed through employment centers in agriculture, processing industry and trade sector. This can be…