According to preliminary information, Ukraine exported 840 KMT of wheat in February that is basically comparable with its exports in the same month last year (855 KMT). In total, the country supplied 13.56 MMT of wheat to foreign markets in the first eight months of the current season, or 14.5% more than at the same…
In January-February, PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian railways, transported 53.7 million tons of cargo, which is by 9% more compared with the same period last year, according to a report on the company’s website. In particular, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 26 million tons of cargo within the country, which is by 10.1% more than in January-February 2016, 6 million…
This year the spring weather processes influencing the plant development started almost a month ahead of the multi-year average. According to meteorologists, the meteorological and actual resumption of winter crops growth happened on March 1-5 against the multi-year average of April 1-4. Last year their growth started on April 1. In general, winter crops have…
The attraction of a European company to the management of the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) would allow the country to retain the status of a large natural gas transit country, Naftogaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Andriy Kobolev has said. “We again, as a team of Naftogaz, call on all parties involved in the discussion of…
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says he expects that the average inflation in 2017 will not fall below a 10% mark. “Inflation, the burden of high prices is what people care about the most. I hope that this year it will be measured by a simple number below ten. Our joint task until 2019 –…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a project on construction of the second stage of Dnistrovska hydroelectric pumped storage power plant, consisting of unit 4. As reported, the hydroelectric generation development program until 2026 approved by government resolution No. 552-r dated July 13, 2016 envisages the start of construction of unit 4 in 2017 and…
It is possible to reduce the cost of gas for the end-consumer by introducing a competition on the gas market and an energy efficiency reform, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services Hennadiy Zubko said during an Hour of questions to the government. “How can we reduce the…