The pace of sunseed crushing slowed down to some extent in June against the previous month. Consequently, sunoil production by large and medium-sized crushers amounted to 451.4 KMT in June 2016-2017 against 491.2 KMT a month earlier. Monthly output still remains at a record level. In total, Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced as much…
First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) has become the first bank in Ukraine to issue an e-license. As of today, FUIB has issued 5 out of 11 e-licenses in Ukraine and is the leader in providing this service in Ukraine. On July 3, the National Bank started issuing personal licenses to individuals in electronic form through…
The hryvnia exchange rate may drop to UAH 28.5 per US dollar by the end of 2017, Oleh Ustenko, Executive Director of The Bleyzer Foundation, stated at a press conference on July 25. “We admit that at best, the exchange rate should be maintained at UAH 28.5 per US dollar by the end of the…
The Ukroboronprom State Concern expects that tests will be conducted and the Ukrainian Navy will accept a radiosonic system created at the enterprises of the concern and used during the Sea Breeze 2017 multinational military drills in Odessa on July 10-22 with 16 countries taking part. The press service of the concern reported that the…
In January-June the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in Ukraine totaled 2.87 million tons, up by 34.9% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in June Ukraine produced 451 thousand tons of sunflower oil, down by 8.1% MoM, but up by 45.2% YoY. Also, in January-June Ukrainian flour milling enterprises produced…
In January-June Ukraine exported 8,400 tons of potatoes worth $300,000, 95% of which was purchased by Belarus, the Ukrainian Agrarian Conference reported with a reference to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. “Belarus purchased 95% of Ukrainian potatoes indented for export, Moldova – another 2.6%,” reads a report. In January-June Ukraine exported 68% more potatoes…
Ukrainian air carriers increased passenger transportation by 40% YoY in January-June, to 4.6 million people, according to the State Statistics Service. Passenger turnover for the period under review soared by 45.8%, to 8.9 million passengers/km, the report said. Air freight for the first 6 months of 2017 fell by 8.9%, to 4,000 tons, while cargo…