The trade turnover between Ukraine and the Czech Republic increased by 18.6% in January-November 2016. This was discussed by the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze and Agriculture Minister of the Czech Republic Marian Jurecka. The parties discussed cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture and welcomed the…
The Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry is planning to promote an increase in soybean production output by expanding the sowing areas of soybeans, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutovyi has stated. “In fact, soybean production has increased 20 times over 10 years, and last year we harvested the record yield of soybeans, which…
The number of transactions using payment cards in 2016 increased by 28% YoY, to 2.513 billion, and their volume – by 30.6%, to UAH 1.61 trillion. According to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the volume of transactions to obtain cash using payment cards rose by 22.5% and amounted to UAH 1.039…
Higher administrative court of Ukraine upheld the ruling of the court of a lower instance under which the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine is obliged to accept 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas made in 2006 as a tax lien from public joint-stock company Ukrnafta, the company’s press service has reported. “The court ruled…
In January-September 2016 the level of the shadow economy in Ukraine totaled 35% of official GDP, down by 5 YoY. This is stated in a report developed by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. According to the ministry, the process of de-shadowing became possible due to certain factors: relative macroeconomic stability; business climate improvement…
The main task of the Ukrainian government for 2017 is to accelerate economic growth so that people can feel the improvement in the quality of their lives, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman stated. “Our task for 2017 is to continue accelerating economic growth. And so the plan for 2017 – a budget we’ve approved…
S&P Global Rating (S&P) has assessed the banking system of Ukraine as highest-risk system under its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA), S&P has said in its report. “The economic risk in the Ukrainian banking system remains one of the highest in a global comparison, as reflected in our score of ’10’ (the highest-risk systems),…