In 2018, Ukraine’s state railways operator JSC Ukrzaliznytsia increased passenger traffic by 4 million people compared to 2017. JSC Ukrzaliznytsia transported 55.9 million passengers last year, the press service of the company reported. The increase in traffic happened due to the rational use of cars. “During the New Year and Christmas holidays, we launched about…
Director of the Ukrainian Association of Trade Networks Suppliers Oleksiy Doroshenko says over the past year, all types of alcoholic beverages, in particular, vodka and beer of Ukrainian origin, increased in price; one of the reasons is an increase in prices of apples and sugar. Thus, prices of a bottle of domestic beer (0.5 liters)…
In September-November 2018, Ukrainian farmers exported 4,663 tons of corn, up by 112% YoY. “In three months of 2018-2019 MY (September-November), Ukraine exported 4,663 tons of corn, up by 112% YoY (2,202 tons). It is also a record high for this period since 2013-2014 MY,” the press service of the UkrAgroConsult consulting agency reports. The…
Ukraine in 2019 should begin a deep modernization program for its T-64 main battle tanks, the core of the country’s tank fleet, director of Defense Express consulting company Serhiy Zgurets declared. “My opinion is that we need to increase the efficiency of tanks that are already on the battlefield in sufficient numbers. In 2019, we…
In 2018, passenger traffic at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) increased by 51.9% YoY and amounted to 2.812 million people, the airport’s press service reports. In particular, 2.727 million passengers were carried on international routes, and 84.8 thousand passengers – on domestic routes. A total of 30,248 flights were operated in 2018, up by…
The state-run military-industrial Concern Ukroboronprom in 2018 transferred 50 aircraft and helicopters to the Ukrainian Army, after their upgrade and repair performed by Ukraine’s aviation industry cluster, which included 16 enterprises, all part of the concern. The list includes Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters, Su-25 attack aircraft, Su-24 strike aircraft, An-26 and Il-76 transport aircraft, L-39…
According to the results of 11 months of 2018, domestic agricultural and food exports grew by $621.4 million compared with the corresponding period in 2017 and totaled $17.02 billion. “The foreign trade turnover of the agro-industrial complex products reached $21.9 billion or 23.1% of Ukraine’s total foreign trade turnover. The domestic agrarian and food exports…