Ukraine: PrivatBank redirects claims of creditors in bail-in to NBU and DGF

PrivatBank (Dnipro) denies claims of creditors, liabilities of which were exchanged to additionally issued shares during the nationalization of the bank. “It is no secret that temporary administration (the Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund) jointly with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) conducted the bail-in transaction when some passives affiliated with former shareholders as the NBU…

Ukraine: sunoil production sets new record

Ukrainian crushers continue picking up the pace of sunseed processing in the current season of 2016/2017. Sunoil output has been hitting new monthly highs for a fourth month in a row. Ukraine’s large and medium-sized crushers produced an unprecedented 558 KMT of sunoil in December 2016 compared with 529 KMT in November 2016 and 363…

Ukraine: throughput of seaports up in January 2017

In January seaports of Ukraine handled 10.03 million tons of cargo, up by 14.6% YoY, preliminary statistics of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority shows. Transshipment of export cargo totaled 8.094 million tons (+30.3%), imports – 1.423 million tons (-9%), transit – 475,000 tons (-50%), inland traffic – 39,300 tons. State stevedores under the Ministry of Infrastructure…

Ukraine: 80% of gasoline imports come from Belarus

Ukraine gets about 80% of its gasoline imports from the Republic of Belarus, followed by Lithuania, Poland and Mediterranean countries, consulting group A-95 Director Serhii Kuiun has stated. “The market of gasoline imports is very diversified. We have 7-8 stable destinations. The largest one is, undoubtedly, Belarus, which covers 80% of import deliveries. Other important…