To date almost 60% out of planned 47 thousand hectares have been sown with sugar beet and 30% out of 32 thousand hectares with sunflower. The company plans to complete sowing of these crops in a few days and begin corn and soy sowing campaign. As of the beginning of the spring sowing campaign, ASTARTA…
Ukraine in January-March exported electricity for $68.12 million, including $19.355 million in March alone. According to the State Fiscal Service, electricity delivered to Hungary amounted to $55.218 million in January-March, to Poland to $11.101 million, Romania to $1.286 and other countries – $516,000. Thus, in money terms exports of Ukrainian electricity in January-March grew by…
The number of bank branches in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2017 decreased by 305 units, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reports. As of January 1, the number of structural branches of banks in Ukraine totaled 10,316, and as of April 1, the number decreased to 10,011. In particular,…
Debt of solvent banks to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) for refinancing loans totals UAH 15.2 billion, and this is UAH 7.7 billion less than earlier this year, the central bank has reported on its website. The NBU said that on April 4, Oschadbank (Kyiv) earlier repaid its debt, returning UAH 2 billion. A…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman says that the Cabinet of Ministers is trying to promote the creation of private small farms, which will ensure economic growth and will stimulate the development of Ukraine. “We want to offer the following: to lift a land moratorium so that only Ukrainian citizens can buy and sell agriculture…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has decided to update its list of potential local and regional suppliers of agricultural goods and equipment. According to a press release of FAO, it is planned to create the register of suppliers of certified seeds, including potatoes, other vegetable, garlic, grama grasses, materials for…
State-run Oschadbank (Kyiv) has paid refinancing loans received from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in full: on April 4, the bank paid the remaining UAH 2 billion. According to a press release of Oschadbank, from November 2008 through June 2014 the bank raised refinancing loans for UAH 19.9 billion from the NBU. The funds…