The assets of Ukraine’s banking system by the end of 2017 will amount to UAH 1.5-1.6 trillion (as of October 1, 2016 some UAH 1.27 trillion), while the number of banks will not exceed 75-80 against 95 currently operating, former deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Vladyslav Rashkovan forecasts. “It remains to…
MP Serhiy Taruta has said that the decision of the board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to put Platinum Bank on the list of insolvent banks could be considered as political bankruptcy of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. “The president could not have been unaware thatNBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva was withdrawing money via Platinum…
Ukraine’s State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Rights Protection in the past several days received confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) diagnosed during the examination of the selected samples of biological material of pigs that died in Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Kirovohrad and Odessa regions. The press service reported that 56 pigs died in Chapayev LLC…
Ukrainian companies imported gas for their own needs at an average price of UAH 6,006.66 ($230.01) per 1,000 cubic meters in December 2016, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has said. According to the ministry, the average price of imported gas in January 2016 was $231.41 (UAH 5,542.82), in February…
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.…