New quality requirements for products made of cocoa and chocolate, expected to ensure compliance with the European food safety and quality standards, began to operate in Ukraine on January 1, according to the EU Delegation to Ukraine. According to the European standards, only a product that contains at least 35% of the total amount of…
In January-November 2017 Ukraine exported agricultural food products to Japan at the sum of $80.2 million, including grain exports at $18.9 million, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine for European Integration, Olga Trofimtseva declared. According to the announcement, in the reporting period the imports of agricultural food products from Japan totaled…
The Ukrainian military website has released pictures showing the new Ukrainian-made Hrim-2 also called Grom-2, or Thunder-2, a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, according to Army Recognition, a global defense security technology and military news portal. The new missile will have a range from 50 to 280 km, Army Recognition said. The missile system is mounted…
The national energy company Ukrenergo and the state-owned enterprise Moldelectrica have discussed resumption of the 750 kV Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP (Mykolaiv region) – Isaccea (Romania) power line for 400 kV class voltage, the press service of Ukrenergo has reported, referring to a meeting in Chisinau held at the end of December 2017. “The resumption of the…
Ukrenergo will introduce an automated management system (ERP) on the Microsoft Dynamix AX platform, which will support the reform of centralization of management processes in accounting and financial accounting, procurement, investment planning, budgeting, personnel management and other related areas. According to the company, the contract for the implementation of the ERP system worth UAH 29.017…
The Road Fund started working in Ukraine on January 1. About UAH 47 billion will be allocated to Ukrainian roads in 2018. “The automobile roads will for the first time receive the government-guaranteed funding. This year, almost UAH 33 billion will be allocated apart from separate additional financing of a number of key highways in…
Ukraine in January-November increased electricity exports by 34.4% YoY, or by 1.204 billion kWh, to 4.708 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has reported. Energy supplies from the Burshtyn thermal power plant’s energy island towards Hungary, Slovakia and Romania increased by 6.9% (by 183.9 million kWh), to 2.849 billion kWh. Electricity deliveries…