Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman believes the goal for 2018 is to achieve economic growth in the amount of 5% of GDP. “We need a quality economic environment, we need investments that will allow us to grow rapidly in 2018. Our goal is more than 5% of GDP. This is what is achievable, something…
The level of inflation in Ukraine at the end of 2017 may be higher than the current forecast of the National Bank of Ukraine at 9.1%, which may force the NBU to apply a more stringent monetary policy, reads a statement on the central bank’s website referring to Deputy NBU Governor Dmytro Solohub. During a…
According to the official statistics figures, in July-August of the season-2017-2018 Ukraine imported 4.2 thousand tons of rye flour, down 2.1-fold YoY (8.8 thousand tons). At the same time, Belarus supplied almost all volumes of the reporting product on the Ukrainian market. As a reminder, in 2016-2017 MY Ukraine purchased 36.8 thousand tons of rye…
Prices of bread made of rye and wheat in Ukraine rose by 20.9% YoY in September, according to a member of the Economic Discussion Club Oleh Pendzin. “Prices of first-grade flour increased by 12% from September 2016 to September 2017, those of rye flour climbed by 4.5%, while the price of bread made from first-grade…
The funds in the amount of $1.32 billion from placing sovereign eurobonds due in 2032 for $3 billion were sent to the account of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, the Finance Ministry has reported on its website. The ministry said that the deal to purchase eurobonds due in 2019 and 2020 for $1.68 billion…
According to the USDA estimates, the global crop of barley will be below its global consumption for a second season in a row. This trend will lead to a substantial decrease in barley stocks in the world. Global barley inventories are expected to shrink to a 34-year low of 18.6 MMT by the end of…
TIU (Canada) plans to invest EUR 94 million in the construction of five solar power plants in Ukraine, the company’s press service has reported. The company intends in autumn this year to complete the construction of the first station worth EUR 14 million with a capacity of 10.5 MW in the territory of Nikopol Ferroalloys…