Ukraine’s low-cost airline SkyUp plans to perform direct flights between Lviv and Odesa and filed a request for the necessary slots. According to the schedule published on the website of the Odesa airport, flights are to be conducted on Boeing 737-800 aircraft three times a week from June 2. At the same time, SkyUp said…
President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine’s economic growth in 2019 is expected to reach about 3.4% of GDP, which is the highest in eight years. “We hope that this year economic growth will be within 3.4% – this is a record figure in 8 years. But it’s only the beginning of implementation and results…
Ukrainian producers in 2018 boosted exports of eggs in shell by 21.3%, to almost 107,500 tons, while shell egg exports in monetary terms increased by 37.1%, to $94.1 million. Imports of eggs in shell in 2018 decreased by 40% in physical terms and by 32% in monetary terms, to 3,400 tons and $13.1 million, respectively,…
The World Bank has predicted a decline in real GDP of Ukraine, from 3.5% in 2018 to 2.9% in 2019, which is fundamentally different from the IMF forecasts for Ukraine after the launch of the new Stand-By Arrangement. The World Bank published the relevant data in the report Global Economic Prospects on its official website.…
In the first 4 months of 2018-2019 MY (July-October) Ukraine imported 509 tons of rye, up 3-fold YoY (238 tons), but down by 62% from 2016-2017 MY (1.3 thousand tons). At the same time, in two recent seasons Ukraine imported the grain exclusively from the EU countries, while in 2016-2017 MY there were rather significant…
Ukraine’s international reserves in 2018 grew by 10.6% YoY, to $20.820 billion, updating a five-year record, according to the National Bank. The last time such figures were reported was in October 2013. The regulator said the reserves were successfully accumulated due to Ukraine securing external financing and the NBU buying up the excessive currency on…
Enterprises of the State Concern Ukroboronprom announced more than 43,000 commercial electronic tenders in 2018, the press service of the concern reports. “In 2018, more than 43,000 commercial electronic tenders were created by the enterprises subordinated to the State Concern Ukroboronprom. In general, since the launch of electronic trading platforms, the number of announced tenders…