Ukraine: PrivatBank net profit up in Q1 2017

PrivatBank in January-March saw its net profit rise 3.52-fold, to UAH 744 million, the bank said in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market. Its net interest income increased by 22%, to UAH 959 million. After sending UAH 2.337 billion to the reserves for bad loans, the bank’s…

Ukraine: gas reserves up in mid-July 2017

Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) on July 15-22 increased by 2.9%, orby 355 million cubic meters, from 12.320 billion cubic meters to 12.675 billion cubic meters, according to the state-run gas transport system operator, Ukrtransgaz. The daily volume of gas injection into the USFs stood at about 58.7 million cubic meters,…

Ukraine: Economy Ministry promulgates list of state enterprises to be privatized

The Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has published a list of state enterprises, organizations and institutions that will either remain in state ownership or will be transferred to concession, privatized or liquidated. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the relevant documents that together represented a strategic vision for the further management of state-owned enterprises,…

Ukraine: barley exports up in 2016-2017

According to the official statistics figures, in 2016-2017 MY Ukraine exported 5.35 million tons of barley, up by 21% YoY (4.41 million tons), which became the highest rate for the country in seven recent years. In the season 2016-2017, Saudi Arabia (42% of the general supplies) and Libya (18%) were the main importers of Ukrainian…