Ukraine’s fat-and-oil industry seasonally boosted mayonnaise production in the latest two months. Large and medium-sized manufacturers made 12 KMT of this product in April that is a three-year high but slightly down from the previous month (12.1 KMT). A lag is still observed behind last year, though it decreased to 3.8% against 5.7% a month…
Ukraine’s exports of goods and services grew by 28% YoY in the first quarter of 2017, to $12.4 billion, up by $2.7 billion, according to the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry’s press service. At the same time, exports of goods increased by 34.4% (by $2.7 billion), to $10.4 billion. The share of agriculture and…
The forecast of grains and pulses production in Ukraine in 2017 totals 62.7 million tons, which corresponds to the average annual figures for 5 recent years. Such volumes will provide the export potential in the new season at 39 million tons, the grain market analyst at APK-Inform Agency Andrey Kupchenko declared. The expert noted that…
President Petro Poroshenko underlines the efficiency of the experiment initiated by him to allocate half of unscheduled revenue from customs duties for construction, restoration and reconstruction of roads in Ukraine. This has been reported by the press service of the Head of State. “Repair and construction of road in Ukraine is among the top priorities…
The choice of the foreign supplier of encrypted communications equipment for Ukraine’s armed forces will be made based on the results of a competition held by the military, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said. “I don’t want to be the one who picks what kind of communications system Ukraine’s army uses. I want it…
Another batch of the Ukrainian-made Oplot main battle tanks will be supplied under the contract to Thailand next week, chief engineer at Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant Oleksandr Sheiko said on May 25. “We will ship another batch to Thailand next week. Information on the number of tanks is confidential. We have fulfilled three quarters of the…
According to the official statistics figures, in July-April of the season 2016-2017 Ukraine exported 67.86 thousand tons of brewing barley, up 10.4-fold YoY (6.5 thousand tons). In the current MY, Belarus (53%), Poland (30%) and Romania (16%) became the main foreign buyers of brewing barley from Ukraine. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)