According to the official statistics data, in September-May period of 2015/2016 MY Ukraine exported nearly 3.2 million tons of crude sunflower oil, an increase of 14% YoY (2.8 million tons). The share of exports in the general production volume of the commodity rose to 84%, against 77% in the previous season. During two recent seasons…
As of July 4, agrarians harvested 2.04 million tons of early grains and pulses throughout the areas of 576 thousand ha, or 6% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.54 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 1.53 million tons of grains throughout 502 thousand ha, with the…
According to the official statistics data, in May Ukraine imported 3.9 thousand tons of rye. Belarus became the single country-supplier of the reporting grain volumes. During March-May Ukraine purchased 11.4 thousand tons of rye from the Republic of Belarus, which exceeded the import volumes from other directions in the previous 10 seasons (2.4 thousand tons).…
Ukraine increased gas production by 2% YoY in January-May 2016 to 8.391 billion cubic meters (bcm), the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry said. Naftogaz enterprises reduced gas production by 1.1%, to 6.67 bcm, including production of 6.12 bcm by Ukrgazvydobuvannia and a 0.550 bcm by Ukrnafta. Other oil and gas companies operating in Ukraine…
According to the Russian Slon.ru news portal, the Ukrainian economy has been showing stronger growth than that of Russia, according to the official statistics of the two countries. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ukraine’s GDP did not fall as steeply as Russia’s, and, in the first quarter of 2016, even rose slightly in contrast…
The total network of operating structural units of Ukrainian banks in the first half of 2016 decreased by 1049 offices, or by 8.8%, in particular because of insolvent banks – by 498 branches, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). According to the report, the reduction of the banks’ network in…
Rapid Trident-2016 military exercises are being held from June 27 to July 8 in the territory of Yavorov training area in Lvov region. They has been held since 2006 as part of the Partnership for Peace military cooperation program. Rapid Trident-2016 exercises are aimed at introducing and sharing best practice of the armies of advanced…