Ukraine imported 13,500 tons of pork for $25.71 million in the first seven months of 2019, the State Fiscal Service has reported. Pork imports to Ukraine over the period exceeded exports in monetary terms 10-fold, according to the report. The largest pork supplier with a share of 48.46% was Poland, followed by Germany (19.79%) and…
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia plans to overhaul and purchase about 50 passenger wagons this year, Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov has said. “Last year we upgraded about 120 wagons. This year we plan to overhaul and purchase about 50 wagons. All of them are equipped with individual sockets and have air conditioning. Today about half of our…
A new Kyiv “river tram” route has been launched along the Dnipro River between the city’s Podil and Obolon areas. The route was officially launched on August 10. Several dozen people have already made their first voyage. Kyiv’s “river tram” resumed its service after a six-year break. It will offer three voyages a day in…
Ukraine-Russia trade turnover dropped almost threefold since 2014 and totaled $6.9 billion for the first half of 2019. The list of top-10 trading partners of the Russian Federation has undergone only one change over the past five years as Ukraine fell out of it. Kazakhstan took Ukraine’s place with $8.9 billion in trade turnover with…
Ferry travel between Ukraine and Turkey will resume in the near future, according to Head of Kherson Regional State Administration Yuriy Husev. “We will make efforts so that this autumn we can restore ferry service to Turkey,” Husev said during a visit to Skadovsk Sea Port. According to the Acting Director of Skadovsk Sea Port…
A Ukrainian delegation will participate in the 46th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress, which will take place in Montreal from September 8 to September 12, Ukraine’s Embassy in Canada has reported. “For the first time, Ukraine will be represented by the National Stand where you will have a possibility to taste the honey products from leading…
Passenger traffic at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport in January-July amounted to 1.59 million people, up by 6% YoY, according to a statement posted on the airport’s website. During the specified period, the number of flights grew by 1%, to 17,008, including 14,246 international flights and 2,762 domestic flights. A total of 1.549 million passengers…