Ukraine: fruit and berry exports up in Q1 2018

Ukrainian farmers in January-March boosted fruit and berry exports by 68% YoY, to $57 million. “The leaders in the commodity structure of domestic products exports this year were walnuts ($42 million), frozen berries ($10 million), as well as apples and pears ($5 million),” the press service of the Ukrainian association of gardening and small fruit…

Ukraine: exports showing upward trend

Ukraine in January-February saw its major export flows directed toward the European Union member states, Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq, according to Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman. “Exports grew the most to the EU, that’s by 36.2%, totaling EUR 3.3 billion. Sales of Ukrainian products to Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq increased…

Ukraine: passenger traffic volume down in Q1 2018

The number of passengers served by Ukrainian transport companies in January-March decreased by 2.6% YoY, according to the data released by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “In January-March 1,120.9 million passengers used transportation services in Ukraine, or 97.4% of the volume in the same period in 2017 (excluding the temporarily occupied territories in the…

Ukraine: FUIB takes second place in the nomination “Support of SMEs” in the Financial Oscar-2017 rating

First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) took leading positions in the Financial Oscar rating by the magazine “Business” according to the results of 2017. Thus, FUIB turned out to be one of the leaders in the nomination “Support of SMEs”, ranking second in the rating. It entered TOP-3 in the “Agrarian Bank” category, receiving the second…

Ukraine: 40% of economy in shadow

Ukrainian Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva says 40% of Ukraine’s economy remains in the shadow, therefore the developed countries’ standards of solving economic problems cannot be effective in Ukraine, while de-shadowing will bring more money to the wage fund than the actual economic growth. “This was proved by the government in 2017. The entire wage…