The United States has decided to suspend a number of preferences regarding duty-free trade with Ukraine, according to a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, published on the White House’s website. “Pursuant to section 502(d)(3) of the Trade Act of 1974,…
In January-November the general fund of local budgets received UAH 173.5 billion, which is 96.7% of the annual projected figures, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Service Hennadiy Zubko declared. According to him, 692 united territorial communities have been created in Ukraine. A total 3,327 local councils have united,…
The nationalized Ukrainian-based PrivatBank has hired a leading Ukrainian company that is Rothschild’s partner in Ukraine to find buyers of PrivatBank’s 46.5% stake in AS PrivatBank Latvia, the Ukrainian bank said in a statement. PrivatBank’s supervisory council has given the green light to hiring, the bank said. The partner will also have to prepare and…
Ukrzaliznytsia seeks to send UAH 18 billion for top priority investment projects, acting Board Chairman of Ukrzaliznytsia Yevhen Kravtsov has said. “We plan to use mainly these funds in 2018 and early 2019,” he said, presenting a plan of priority investment projects in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Kravtsov said that the funds would…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to withdraw a license of PJSC Rodovid Bank nationalized in 2009 and then recognized insolvent under the Finance Ministry’s decision as of February 2016. This has been reported by the central bank’s press service. The NBU approved of a decision to revoke a banking license and liquidate…
The real gross domestic product of Ukraine grew by 2.1% YoY in the third quarter of 2017, according to the report published on the website of Ukraine’ State Statistics Service. Earlier, on November 14, the statistics agency released preliminary estimates claiming that GDP growth in Ukraine in the third quarter also amounted to 2.1% in…
Ukraine’s Finance Ministry expects that the deficit of the national budget in 2017 would be retained within the 2.4% of GDP target, Deputy Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said. “The deficit is expected to be 2.4% of GDP. We do not see any risks that the target is not met,” he said at a press…