Ukraine: 1 million tons of sugar produced

Sugar production in Ukraine as of November 1, totaled 1.04 million tons. According to the Ukrtsukor national association of sugar producers, almost 7.1 million tons of sugar beets had been processed as of November 1. “A year ago we had 774,500 tons of sugar. The quality indicators also changed: sugar production effectiveness grew by 0.3%.…

Ukraine: impacts of sowing on tight schedule

In Ukraine winter crops sowing campaign for the 2017 crop is accompanied by different cataclysms. Severe drought during optimal seeding terms delayed sowing season in September. In early October machinery could not work in fields in the South because of rains. In late October freezing weather became another complication. Thus, Ukrainian farmers had only several…

Ukraine: Ukroboronprom to continue buying steel in EU for Dozor-B armored vehicles

Ukroboronprom State Concern will continue buying steel for new Dozor-B armored vehicles on the European Union (EU) market. The press service of the concern reported that the conditions of developing international industrial cooperation under the Dozor-B program were discussed during the negotiations with Poland’s Huta Stali Jakosciowych S.A., the European supplier of certified armored steel.…

Ukraine: foreign investment should be attracted to pharmaceutical sector

The implementation of the imports replacement concept in the Ukrainian pharmaceutical sector is possible with the approval of the strategy for attracting foreign investment, President of the Association Manufactures of Medications of Ukraine (AMMU) Petro Bahriy has said. “The foreign direct investment attraction concept for the Ukrainian pharmaceutical sector should be drawn up, not the…