According to preliminary estimates, Ukraine exported 43.8 MMT of grains in MY 2016-2017 that closed on June 30. This is an all-time high for the country, the Ag Ministry reports. “Last year’s bumper crop of 66 MMT translated into exportable stocks of 43.8 MMT, an all-time high for Ukraine. The upward trend also manifested itself…
Ryanair (Ireland), the largest European low-cost air carrier, has stopped the sale of tickets for flights to Kyiv and Lviv. This is evidenced by the ticket sales system on the airline’s website. There are no official statements of the company on the website, however it is impossible to purchase tickets for Ukrainian flights. As reported,…
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…