Canada and Ukraine are planning to sign an agreement on free trade zone during Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to Ukraine on July 11-12, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko said. “We have two certain objectives and one the most important task. First, the signing of the FTA deal. A huge amount of work…
In the first half of 2016 Ukraine has fully used quotas for duty free exports of goods to the EU for the nine groups of agricultural products: honey, sugar, cereals and flour, malt and wheat gluten, processed tomatoes, grape and apple juices, oats, wheat, wheat flour and granules, corn, corn flour and granules. The press…
Ukraine’s Altcom Financial-Industrial Group is completing the construction of a railway bridge over Amudarya River with a length of 1750 meters. This is the largest engineering structure in Turkmenistan’s Lebap region. Cars will transport freight and passengers via this transportation corridor in the near future. Altcom Group said in early June that the cost of…
As of July 4, early grains and pulses were harvested from 576 thousand ha (6% of the intended area) compared with 502 thousand ha as of July 6, 2015. Farmers obtained 2040 KMT with average yields of 3.54 MT/ha. By July 6, 2015 grain harvest had reached 1530 KMT with average productivity of 3.05 MT/ha.…
Tesla Zet company introduces the next generation LEDs with the luminous efficiency of 160 lm/W. It is the most energy-saving form of LEDs for both commercial and domestic use. The competitive advantage of these LEDs is the best in price/quality ratio in the world. LEDs reliability and energy efficiency from the Ukrainian manufacturer Tesla Zet…
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted law No. 2706 on writing off fines imposed on heating and water supply companies due to late payments for gas and electricity. Some 253 deputies voted for the law. The document also suggests the introduction of a moratorium on imposing new fines on heating and water supply companies in the…
National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy is discussing with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) the possibility of expanding a credit line with the limit of $300 million raised at the end of 2015 from the bank to buy natural gas in Europe, Naftogaz Ukrainy commercial director Yuriy Vitrenko said. The current credit line…