Trade restrictions imposed by Moldova to protect the domestic market in Maymaking obstacles for Ukrainian exports will be annulled from January 1, 2017, First Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv has said with the reference to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Moldova Octavian Calmac. “Moldova…
Ukraine is implementing its liabilities to carry out transit of Russian gas to Europe in the full amount, and doubts expressed by the Russian president are the continuous long-lasting discriminative campaign, Ukrtransgaz said in a statement. “Ukraine was, is and will be a reliable gas transit country. The statement that the country allegedly unlawfully pumps…
According to scientists of the Institute of Agrarian Economics, in 2016 the general production of agricultural goods will increase by 3.7% YoY and total 248.2 billion UAH, the Director of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics” Yuri Lupenko declared. In particular, the production volumes of plant growing commodities will increase by 6.1% to…
Ukraine’s losses from restrictions in economic cooperation with Russia are estimated at $900 million in 2016, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Natalia Mikolskaya said. “In this context, the European Commission has agreed to offer additional trade preferences to Ukraine”, she said, adding however that these funds were not enough “to cover even…
Ukraine’s State Service for Food Safety and Consumers’ Rights Protection has imposed a ban on imports of birds, poultry and by-products from Bulgaria and Hungary. According to a posting on its website, referring to information from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), cases of Newcastle disease in Bulgaria and bird flu cases in Hungary…
Market participants are closely watching winter crop condition is Ukraine. Late planting, a substantial temperature drop in November preceded by drought have added to the risk of crop loss while wintering. The first forecasts have appeared, suggesting that over 15% of winter crops will be reseeded in spring. This is a rather pessimistic scenario, as…
In January-September the foreign trade deficit in goods in Ukraine totaled $1.761 billion against $710.2 million of the proficit in the same period last year, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In particular, in January-September the exports of commodities from Ukraine totaled $25.875 billion, down by 8.7% YoY. The import volumes of goods to…