There is a plan to build a new berth on the Adzhalyk estuary near the port of Yuzhny. The berth would service a Delta Wilmar plant owned by Singapore’s Wilmar International and Delta Exports. The Singaporean investor intends to expand the production facilities. To operate effectively, an own berth is needed. Under the best scenario,…
In September strong public interest was aroused by the Cabinet’s decision to cancel state regulation of prices and mark-ups for socially sensitive goods. This pilot project started on October 1, for a three-month period until the beginning of 2017. The project is aimed at proving the expediency of Ukraine’s current price regulation under which price…
In 2016 the profitability of agricultural production is expected to reach 41.8%, down by 3.8% YoY, the Director of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics” Academician of the NAAS Yuri Lupenko declared. In particular, the level of profitability in plant growing commodities production will decline by 1.7% YoY, to 48.9%. The profitability of…
The necessity to additionally capitalize state-run banks will be established after assessing their credit risks in line with the resolution of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) No. 351 on the approval of the procedure for determining credit risks under active bank transactions by banks that was recently endorsed, Deputy Finance Minister Yuriy Butsa has…
Sunmeal exports from Ukraine totaled 142.0 KMT in September against 85 KMT in August and 139 KMT in September 2015. Analysts expect Ukraine’s overall 2016/2017 sunmeal export to reach at least 4400 KMT. The range of export destinations did not change substantially in September. As before, the top buyers of Ukrainian sunmeal are European countries…
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry has announced the start of the infrastructure projects contest. “The Infrastructure Ministry with the help of the reform support group has announced the start of the infrastructure projects contest. This means that any region, city, town or rural community could submit an application to look for an investor to implement projects in…
According to the November balance sheets by NGO “Economic discussion club”, coordinated by the Interdepartmental working group under the Ministry of Economic Development of Ukraine, in September-October of 2016/2017 MY the export volumes of sunflower oil from Ukraine totaled 706 thousand tons. The general export volumes of sunflower oil in the current season are forecast…