Ukraine has increased gas inventories in underground storage by 47.3% since the end of the heating season, according to operational data from Ukrtransgaz. The inventories amounted to 11.929 billion cubic meters on July 8, up from 8.1 billion cubic meters on March 22. The current inventories are up by 21.5% YoY (9.821 billion cubic meters),…
Britain’s Crown Agents is replacing a number of medicines supplied under the project of public procurement of medicines for oncology adults and children by the 2015 state budget, the agency has said in a press release. At present, Crown Agents replaced 2,800 out of 17,000 packages of Methotrexate to treat child oncology that was procured…
Ukraine boosted electricity exports by 59.5% YoY in January-June, to $136.4 million, according to Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service. Hungary accounted for 57.4% of electricity sales abroad, the share of Moldova was about 20.6% and that of Poland about 17.4%. In June Ukraine’s electricity exports to Hungary were estimated at $4.3 million, those to Poland at…
Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced 16.2 KMT of margarine in May. Although its May output shrank by 17.3% MoM, the margarine market continues to persistently recover this year. Production increased by more than 22% YoY (13.2 KMT). Margarine output grew to over 90 KMT in the first five months of MY 2017. Thereby it…
In 2016-2017 MY the export volumes of Ukrainian flour to African countries and the Middle East significantly increased. It is worth noting the increase in purchases by such countries as Somalia, which imported more than 30 thousand tons in July-May 2016-2017 MY, against 1.8 thousand tons in the whole previous season; Angola – over 28…
Due to the constant delay in the adoption of important bills that are key to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in deciding on the allocation of the next tranche, one of these tranches could be disbursed next year, Acting NBU Head Yakiv Smoliy said. “Due to the delayed consideration of important bills that were key…
In January-May the foreign trade balance of Ukraine in goods and services reduced to a deficit of $1.647 billion, a decrease of 9.2% compared with the deficit figures for the same period last year ($1.813 billion), the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) informed. It is noted that in the reporting period the deficit of foreign…