Exports of arms and dual- and special-purpose products by state-run Ukroboronprom Concern in 2016 grew by 25% YoY, to $756 million. These figures were announced by Ukroboronprom Deputy Director Denys Hurak at a forum on cooperation between the defense industry and small and medium-sized businesses. The concern’s state-run enterprises concluded contracts on arms exports last…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food expects that the Ukrainian agrarians in 2016 will collect some 64.2 million tons of grain, up by 4 million tons YoY, with the average yield of 44.8 hundredweight per ha, according to the ministry press service. According to the report, 26.1 million tons of wheat will be harvested,…
Turkish Airlines will add three more flights on the Istanbul-Kherson route to the summer schedule totaling 10 flights per week. From March 26, flights between Kherson (Ukraine) and Istanbul (Turkey) will be operated in the morning and in the evening. Morning flights will be operated on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays with departure…
The government of Japan in 2017 intends to allocate about $290,000 on projects of donor organizations in the sphere of medicine and health education in Ukraine. “We are happy to sign these five project proposals, four of which involve medicine, and one health education. It is very important for Ukraine,” Japan’s ambassador to Ukraine Shigeki…
In 2016/2017 MY the export potential of Ukrainian feed corn will total nearly 18 million tons, up by 9% YoY. At the same time, in October 2016 Ukraine exported over 1.35 million tones of corn, which became the absolute record for the reporting month. But due to the record global production of corn, as well…
In January Ukraine’s wholesale and retail sugar prices increased by 5.5% on average, and now they are ranging between UAH 14.10 and UAH 14.50 per kilogram. The increase in sugar prices was caused by growing prices on the global market. This has been reported by the press service of Ukrtsukor National Association of Sugar Producers…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia should in 2017 complete the separation of individual directions in the company’s activities, as well as introduce European standards of corporate governance, the head of the company supervisory board, First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yevhen Kravtsov said. “In 2016 the company’s management focused on stabilization of management processes in the company. The supervisory…