In January-September UAH 199.6 billion was transferred to local budgets, up by UAH 32 billion YoY, according to the website of the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development. In particular, the revenues of local budgets over the reporting period were almost three times higher than the figures recorded for the whole of 2014, when the…
The Ukrainian Finance Ministry attracted UAH 2.154 billion to the state budget as a result of the sale of government domestic loan bonds on October 8, the Finance Ministry’s press service reported. “As a result of the placement of government domestic loan bonds, the state budget was replenished with UAH 2,154,128,389.21,” reads the report. The…
Finance Ministry estimates debt repayments in the fourth quarter of 2019 at UAH 80.3 billion, or $3.3 billion at the official forex rate. According to the state debt payment schedule, repayments on Ukraine’s state debt as of October 1, including those on internal and external debt in October, total UAH 25.18 billion ($1 billion) and…
Ukraine imported 181,100 tons of bananas in the first eight months of 2019, up by 14% YoYd. In the first eight months Ukraine imported 181,100 tons of bananas worth a total of $102.3 million. These figures are record-high for at least the last five years. Compared to the same period of 2018, the total amount…
The Luhansk Regional State Administration says two bus stops will be set up in the village of Stanytsia Luhanska between the entry-exit checkpoint and the bridge over the Siversky Donets River. “The first one will be located near a local office of the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) building, while the second one…
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has stated that the goal of the Cabinet of Ministers to reach economic growth of 40% is quite possible. “Every day during the previous week we, together with my colleagues and other ministers, explained to people across the country the goals of the Government’s Action Program. People should know in detail…
In 2018-2019 MY (September-August) Ukrainian producers exported 409.8 thousand tons of sugar worth $144.3 million, down by almost 27% YoY (564 thousand tons). In addition, there were some changes in the export destinations. “In 2018-2019 MY, ended in August, we may note some changes in export destinations. Although Uzbekistan remains the main importer, deliveries to…