Ukraine’s national budget in 2018 saw a deficit of UAH 59.248 billion, or $1.865 billion, up by 23.7% YoY (UAH 47.882 billion, or $1.507 billion). The country’s consolidated budget over the period under review saw a deficit of UAH 68 billion ($2.14 billion), up 1.6-fold, according to Ukraine’s Treasury Service. (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)
Regular flights to Italy’s city of Bergamo and charter flights to Turkey’s city of Antalya will be resumed from Chernivtsi International Airport. The relevant report was posted on the airport’s website. “We are pleased to inform our passengers that a new spring-summer air transportation program will be launched in 2019. In particular, from April 26…
Director of the Ukrainian Association of Retail Suppliers Oleksiy Doroshenko says the price of the so-called “meat basket” in Ukraine in 2018 increased by 11% YoY, to UAH 575 ($20.67). “It was UAH 518 ($18.62) in late 2017,” he wrote on Facebook. The basket consists of one kilogram of chicken fillet and carcass, pork, beef,…
Vinnytsia International Airport saw an increase in passenger flow by almost 15% YoY in 2018, according to the press service of the Center for Transport Strategies. “In 2018, the airport served 60,873 passengers, up by 14.98%,” reads the report. According to the Center for Transport Strategies, the busiest month for the airport in 2018 was…
As of January 21, mills in Ukraine processed 12.58 million tons of sugar beet. The National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar) informed that 1.71 million tons of sugar were produced as of the reporting date. The Ukrsugar experts adjusted the forecast of sugar production in MY2018-2019 (September 2018 – August 2019) to 1.7…
In 2018, Ukrainian winemakers exported their products to the tune of over $38 million, up by 20% YoY. “We exported wine and other products of winemaking to the tune of over $38 million, although we still remain the net importers of these products (imports totaled $113.5 million in 2018),” Deputy Agrarian Policy and Food Minister…
For the first time in its history, the National Bank of Ukraine has won a transparency award of the prestigious international Central Banking Awards. “The National Bank of Ukraine considerably increased its transparency in the past year, and in the preceding three years, despite exceptionally difficult circumstances,” reads the statement on the website of the…