Ukraine’s seaports in 2016 handled 131.99 million tons of cargo, down by 8.9% YoY, reads a report from the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. According to the report, transshipment of exported cargo decreased by 3.3%, to 100.395 million tons, imported cargo by 10.8%, to 16.013 million tons. Transshipment of transit freight fell by 35% and amounted…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed law No. 5114 on amendments to some laws on restricting access of foreign printed materials with anti-Ukrainian content to the Ukrainian market, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on December 8, 2016. According to the website of the Ukrainian parliament, on December 30, 2016 the law was “returned with the…
In 2016 Ukraine reduced imports of natural gas by 32.7% YoY (by 5.376 billion cubic meters), to 11.078 billion cubic meters, according to PJSC Ukrtransgaz. In December 2016 gas imports amounted to 1.659 billion cubic meters, up 3.7 times YoY (444 million cubic meters). Imports from Slovakia last month amounted to 1.303 billion cubic meters,…
Ukraine in January through October 2016 exported $4.5 million worth of Christmas decoration to 25 countries, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine’s Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska has said. She wrote on her Facebook page on December 31, 2016 that 90.6% of exported Christmas decoration was made of glass. “The main market is the…
Ukraine has entered 2017 with natural gas stocks in its underground storage facilities being 11.993 billion cubic meters, public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz has reported. Gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities have declined by 18.6% since October 13, 2016 when the current heating season began, through December 31, 2016. Current stocks are down by 14.3%…
Ukroboronprom state concern in January-September saw sales revenues rise by 28.44% YoY, to 18.536 billion UAH. According to the press service of the state concern, in the first nine months of 2016 investment in production of new military equipment during increased by 11%, to 476 million UAH. The volume of goods shipped for exports in…
The European Union, which ranked second in Ukraine’s wheat export structure in the 2015/2016 marketing year, imported 450 thousand tons of the Ukrainian wheat in 2016, down 3-fold YoY. According to official figures, Ukraine’s wheat exports came to 1,382.7 thousand tons in November 2016, comparable to the amount recorded for the same period last year…