Ukrainians bought $747.1 million from banks in 2016, up by 9.2% YoY ($684.1 million), the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said on its website. Sale of foreign currency by the public last year grew by 44.6%, from $2.232 billion to $3.227 billion. The NBU said that Ukrainians sold $2.48 billion more in 2016 than…
Sugar production in Ukraine in 2016/2017 agricultural year (September-August) increased by 40.5% YoY, to 2.008 million tons, the national sugar producers association Ukrtsukor has said. According to the report, 42 sugar refineries refined 13.66 million tons of sugar beets. The association said that the year was favorable for Ukrainian sugar producers. Due to bad harvest…
On December 24, 2016 – January 6, Ukraine exported grain at rather record rates, despite the New Year holiday factor. In the reporting period the export volumes of three major grain crops from Ukraine reached 1.5 million tons, including wheat – 491 thousand tons, corn – 968 thousand tons, and barley – 32 thousand tons.…
Over the first ten days of 2017 Ukrainian consumers of all categories used 1.609 billion cubic meters of natural gas, down by 12.2% YoY, the press and public relations department at PJSC Ukrtransgaz reports. In particular, Ukrainian consumers used 0.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas of domestic production, 0.4 billion cubic meters of natural…
Gas pumping from Ukraine’s underground gas storage facilities this heating season is 3.27 billion cubic meters, down by 19% YoY (4.07 billion cubic meters), the press service of Naftogaz Ukrainy has reported. “Gas pumping from underground gas storage facilities this winter is 19% less than last winter (and 45% less than in 2014/2015 season). This…
Holders of eurobonds of the nationalized PrivatBank (Dnipro) seek to challenge the forced exchange of their securities to the additionally issued shares in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). Dechert law firm acts as advisor to the bondholders. The holders of the bonds, including First Geneva Capital Partners, Pala Assets and Pioneer Investment Management,…
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is investigating into crimes committed by some banks that removed refinancing loans abroad, NABU Director Artem Sytnyk has said. “We have a criminal case concerning some banks that removed the refinancing funds abroad, including via Austrian banks and eventually to offshore companies”, he said. He did not disclose…