Ukrainian flour exports hit a 20-year high of over 340 KMT in the 2015/2016 season. As expected, the upward trend in flour supplies from the country continued into MY 2016/2017. Global trends also contribute to growth of flour exports. The world’s demand for flour has increased by 15-20% over the last 4-5 years. Noteworthy is…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has discussed the establishment of production in Ukraine with Skoda Auto Board Chairman Bernhard Maier. The press service of the Ukrainian government reported on April 4, that Skoda Auto in cooperation with its local partner – Eurocar – had been manufacturing a wide range of Skoda cars since 2002. “Now…
Germany’s KfW bank will provide UAH 300 million to Ukraine to support financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). According to a press release of the German-Ukrainian fund (GUF), the agreement was signed by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Finance Ministry of Ukraine and KfW in Kyiv on April 4. Deputy Head of GUF…
The World Bank has maintained a moderate forecast for the growth of Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017 at a rate of 2%, World Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Satu Kahkonen has said at a briefing in Kyiv. “If the reforms are accelerated in the next two years, the growth will be…
DTEK power holding started exporting electricity to Moldova from April 1, said the director of the electricity department at the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Olha Buslavets. “In April we are exporting electricity to Moldova,” she said. Buslavets specified, that at the moment electricity was supplied to Moldova by DTEK, purchasing it…
DTEK Trading (Ukraine) and Energocom (Moldova) have signed a contract for the supply of Ukrainian electricity in the period from April 1, 2017 until March 31, 2018. Energocom won the tender for electricity supply to the Moldovan markets with its price offer of $50.2/MWh, according to a report on the website of the Economy Ministry…
The tariff quotas will be applied to certain agricultural products delivered from Ukraine within the framework of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), including some cereals, dairy products, eggs, poultry and cattle meat, the press service of the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported. In particular, Canada has the tariff quotas for the import…