Ukrainian banks in the first half of 2018 reduced the number of operating structural divisions by 361, to 9,128 as of July 1, according to the National Bank of Ukraine. According to the data published on the regulator’s website, the largest number of branches during the period under review was shut down by state-owned banks,…
Ukraine exported 67,600 tons of sugar in June of the current marketing year (2017-2018 MY, September through August), up by 25% MoM, the National Association of Sugar Producers, Ukrtsukor, has reported. “Large batches of sugar in June were shipped to Uzbekistan (51%) and Libya (35%), while smaller batches were exported to Azerbaijan (5%), Armenia and…
The positive dynamics of Ukraine’s GDP growth will remain at 3.2% by the end of 2018, and it may also increase by about 3% in 2019, First Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv stated when presenting the government’s report for the first half of 2018 at a meeting of…
The Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service Enterprise (UkSATSE) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have signed an agreement to carry out the audit of Uzhhorod International Airport, which is scheduled to be launched this year, Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan said following the 36th session of the European Civil Aviation Conference, which was…
The Deposit Guarantee Fund has resumed payments to the depositors of insolvent PJSC Fidobank, the fund’s press service reports. “From July 9 the Deposit Guarantee Fund has been paying refunds to the depositors of PJSC Fidobank under bank deposit agreements, regardless of the date of their termination and under bank account agreements (including card accounts),…
Ukraine in the first six months of 2018 imported 8,400 tons of pork, up 8-fold YoY. “In January-June Ukraine received 8,400 tons of fresh, chilled and frozen pork against 924 tons in the past year with an aggregate value of $15.4 million,” the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders reported. The major pork suppliers remain the…
Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) have increased by 55.4%, or by 4.12 billion cubic meters since the gas injection season started on April 9, to 11.554 billion cubic meters. Some 366.55 million cubic meters of gas was injected into the USFs on July 1-7, according to the state-run gas transport system…