Joint operations of public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia and Karpatygaz LLC resulted in production of 53.7 million cubic meters of gas and 2,700 tons of gas condensate in October, according to a posting on the website of Misen Energy AB‚ (Sweden, the owner of the controlling stake in Karpatygaz). In addition, 400 tons of oil and…
As of November 14, winter crops were planted on 6911 thousand ha, or 94% of the forecast area of 7374 thousand ha. This included 5888 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale – 95% of the projected area (5597 thousand ha in 2015), 157 thousand ha of rye – 107% (145 thousand ha in 2015),…
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine is planning to halve port charges. According to the ministry, Ukraine loses because of its overcharged port dues lead to shrinking freight traffic. The ministry is currently working on tariff reduction. The final approval of a new port tariffs and charges technique that would at least halve them is scheduled…
Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January through October, taking into account losses in electricity transmission, fell by 2.3% or by 2.807 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) YoY, to 120.593 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported. Electricity consumption, not including losses, over the period fell by 2.6%, or by 2.59 billion kWh, to 95.44 billion…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in November sent 14 billion UAH to the national budget, according to a posting about budget revenues as of November 17, posted on the website of the State Treasury Service. As reported, the NBU Council on October 25, approved of the consolidated report of the central bank for 2015…
Grain harvest in Ukraine in 2016 would total 64 million tons, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Taras Kytoviy has said. “We expect that this year we would have a record-breaking harvest of 64 million tons with the average yield of 44 hundredweights per ha”, the minister said. He said that the indicator was…
Ukraine exported 16.4 million tons of grain since early 2016/2017 agricultural year (July-June) as of November 18. Ukraine’s Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported that around 9.5 million tons of wheat, 3.9 million tons of barley and around 3 million tons of corn were exported. Some 131,000 tons of flour was exported as of…