Ex-Minister of Transport of Poland Slawomir Nowak has been appointed new acting head of the State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor). “We believe that managing Ukravtodor requires significant expertise, including international. Our position is that high-quality roads, highways that will connect us with Europe should be built in Ukraine, so the professional level of…
Global trade enabler DP World has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Ukraine to collaborate on matters of mutual interest, including the development of logistics capability in the country. On a recent visit to Ukraine DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem signed the MoU with the…
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved of the terms of a repeated tender for the privatization of PJSC Odessa port-side chemical plant. The government made the relevant decision at a meeting on October 19. “The basic conditions of participation are much better than they were in May (during the first unsuccessful tender)”, Prime Minister Volodymyr…
According to Ukrainian ministry of agrarian policy a lot of work is being done on strengthening of trade relationships with China. Currently it is planned to enlarge the list of agro commodities exported to China and to open Chinese market for Ukrainian berries and sunflower meal. It should be noted, that trade volumes in oilseed…
According to the official statistics figures, in September Ukraine exported nearly 15.2 thousand tons of high-oleic sunflower oil, up 3 times MoM (4.8 thousand tons), and up 16 times YoY (954 tons). In September the Netherlands (42%), India (26%), the United Arab Emirates (14%) and Saudi Arabia (10%) became the largest foreign buyers of the…
The Framework Agreement on technical and financial cooperation has been signed on October 8, between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the government of the Kingdom of Norway, First Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade Yulia Kovaliv has stated. “Norway has been supporting Ukraine on the international arena for a long time, and…
As of October 17, winter crops had been sown at 5307 thousand ha, or72% of the forecast area – 7374 thousand ha. This included 4804 thousand ha of winter wheat and triticale (77% from the planned 6198 thousand ha), 140 thousand ha of rye (95% of 147 thousand ha), 364 thousand ha of barley (35%…