The absence of productive rain over a long time caused faster ripening of early cereals in the southern and central regions, along with premature drying of those planted after non-fallow predecessors. As a result, kernels failed to get filled: they are shriveled with a low 1000-kernel weight (23-35 g). As of today, winter wheat in…
The level of “shadow economy” in Ukraine last year amounted to 34% of GDP, decreasing by 6%, such preliminary figures have been posted by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. “All four methods, which are used to assess the level of the shadow economy, showed a decrease in the level compared to 2015,” the…
Kharkiv International Airport increased passenger traffic by 51% YoY in January-June, to 364,100 people. According to a press release from the airport, in June it serviced 82,900 passengers, up by 37% YoY. “By the end of June, we can talk about the popularity of renewed summer flights to Burgas (Bulgaria, on Fridays), Tivat (Montenegro, on…
Germany’s REWE Group, developing the Billa supermarket chain in Central and Eastern Europe, does not plan to leave Ukraine. “Billa continues operating in Ukraine and would be successfully present on the Ukrainian market. We do not plan to leave Ukraine,” Rewe International AG, the subsidiary of the German concern, reported. The company confirmed that the…
Citizen of Belarus and Cyprus Viktor Prokopenya on June 30 submitted a package of documents to receive the approval of indirect acquisition of 100% of shares in the public joint-stock company Sberbank (Kyiv) via Paritetbank, Belarus to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the press service of the central bank has reported. “At present the…
In January-June Ukraine increased its gas consumption by 2% YoY, to 17.7 billion cubic meters, according to PJSC Main Gas Pipelines of Ukraine. “The production, totaling 10.3 billion cubic meters, shows a stable growth of 3%. The consumption grew by 2%,” reads the report. In addition, in the first half of this year, gas imports…
Ukraine as of June 29 has threshed 313,900 tons of grain and leguminous crops from 95,000 hectares. According to the press service of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry, average yield is 33 hundredweights per ha. Some 28,000 tons of winter wheat were threshed on 10,200 ha with the yield of 27.5 hundredweights per ha.…