In the current season, Ukraine demonstrated rather record rates of wheat supplying to foreign markets. During the period of July-January of 2016/2017 MY, the exports of Ukrainian wheat reached 12.7 million tons, up by 16% YoY (11 million tons). At the same time, Ukraine showed a significant increase of grain exports in the Asian direction.…
Electricity tariffs for households (the population) from March 1, increased by 2.6-30.2% depending on the volume of consumption compared with the rates being in force since September 1, 2016. Earlier tariffs for the population were divided into three blocks, depending on the amount of consumption: up to 100 kWh per month, from 100 kWh to…
Real wages in Ukraine in January compared to January 2016 increased by 21.4% and compared to December 2016 they fell by 8.3%, the State Statistics Service has said. The largest growth of average wages in January compared with January 2016 was observed in Ternopil (by 54.3%), Zakarpattia (51.8%), Chernivtsi (50.3%), Volyn and Kherson (49.8% each),…
HarvEast agricultural holding has planted its first walnut garden on 30 ha in Donetsk region in 2016. “What the eye fears, the hands do. We planted our first walnut garden on the area of 30 ha in Donetsk region in autumn 2016,” HarvEast CEO Dmytro Skorniakov wrote on his Facebook page. HarvEast is an agricultural…
The current season of 2016/2017 features a bumper soybean harvest in Ukraine, which is estimated by analysts at 4 MMT. At the same time, the crusher interest in soybeans is declining. The main reason is decreased domestic demand for soybean products, primarily soybean meal as a basis for poultry feed. Statistics show a downward trend…
LOT Polish Airlines has operated its first flight on the Warsaw-Kyiv-Warsaw route, Kyiv International Airport reports. “On February 27, the first flight operated by a strong Polish company, LOT Polish Airlines, departed from Kyiv International Airport to Warsaw. From now on, Warsaw-Kyiv-Warsaw direct flights will be operated six times a week,” the report states. The…
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine as of February 28, received 44 applications for the construction of solar power plants in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, minister Ostap Semerak said at the annual Ukrainian Energy Forum, organized by the Adam Smith Institute. “As of today we have 44 applications and the territories, which…