Ukraine: gas production up in January-July 2017

Natural gas production in Ukraine rose by 3.2% YoY in January-July, to 12.044 billion cubic meters, Ukrtransgaz has said. Ukrgazvydobuvannia increased gas production by 3%, to 8.777 billion cubic meters, Ukrnafta reduced production by 9.2%, to 0.694 billion cubic meters and other companies increased production by 7.9%, to 2.573 billion cubic meters. In July alone,…

Ukraine: rapeseed margins to exceed those of sunseed

In the opinion of specialists of the Center for Strategic Agricultural Studies, the Sumy National Agricultural University, profitability of winter rapeseed growing in Ukraine may reach 83%, while that of sunseed cultivation is expected at 79%, the Center’s director Oleksandr Maslak stated. “According to calculations for winter rapeseed growing, total farmer costs will reach UAH…

Ukraine: TAScombank net profit up in H1 2017

TAScombank (Kyiv) saw UAH 22.337 million of net profit in January-June, up 30.7-fold YoY (UAH 727,000). According to a bank report, its net interest income in H1 quadrupled, to UAH 617.9 million. Not taking into account expenses to form reserves net interest income totaled UAH 392.055 million (6.2-fold rise). The bank saw a 2.5-fold rise…