Ukraine’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv says the draft national budget for 2018 has already been endorsed by all ministries and is to be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration within the timeframe established by law, i.e. before September 15. “As of now, the revenue and expenditure parts of the budget…
In Ukraine, early cereals and pulses were harvested from 9639 thousand ha (100%) as of August 21. Farmers gathered 37224 KMT with an average yield of 3.86 MT/ha against 37948 KMT with an average yield of 3.94 MT/ha as of August 22, 2016. These included 26562 KMT of wheat harvested from 6359 thousand ha (100%)…
In January-July the production volumes of crude sunflower oil in Ukraine totaled 3.18 million tons, an increase of 36% compared with the same period last year, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in July Ukraine produced 314 thousand tons of sunflower oil, down by 30.4% MoM, but up by 46.4% YoY. Also,…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has lifted restrictions on the issuance of cash in foreign currency and banking metals from current and deposit accounts through cash desks and ATMs, the NBU reported on the website. “Individuals will be able to receive cash in foreign currency or banking metals from current and deposit accounts through…
In the updated draft financial plan for 2017, PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” expects that in October cargo transportation rates will be indexed by 22.5%. The, acting head of Ukrainian Railways Ievgeniy Kravtsov hopes that it will be possible to switch to annual change in tariffs depending on the index of industrial prices. In his opinion, this will…
In 2017, 755 km of automobile roads have been repaired in Ukraine, the Infrastructure Ministry reports. “As of August 18, medium repairs of 756 km of automobile roads have been carried out within current financing, according to the data provided by Ukravtodor (the State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine),” reads the report. The ministry…
In January-June the foreign trade deficit in goods in Ukraine reached $1.882 billion against the deficit of $727.5 million in the same period last year (up 1.78-fold), the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in the January-June period the exports of commodities from Ukraine totaled $20.652 billion, up by 24.2% YoY. The import…