According to the official statistics data, in the first two months of the season-2016/2017 (July-August) Ukraine imported 8.8 thousand tons of rye flour, while in the same period of the previous season – 1 ton only. In the current year, Belarus supplied the whole volumes of rye flour. Ukraine significantly increased foreign purchases of rye…
DetailsThe projected volume of grain exports in 2016/2017 agricultural year (July-June) could total over 40 million tons, Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutoviy said after signing a supplement to the memorandum of understanding with grain traders. “According to forecasts, exports would exceed 40 million tons. This is the highest figure in the history…
DetailsFederal Freight, a unit of Russian Railways, plans to lease around 16,000 rail cars from VEB-Leasing for five years to substitute its written-off fleet. The deal will become part of a big cooperation agreement between Vnesheconombank (VEB) and Russian Railways, which is planned for signing, and in the future, the sides will develop cooperation in…
DetailsThe European Commission has decided to expand access to the European Union (EU) market for some Ukrainian goods, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom has said. The press service of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers gave this information, referring to a statement of the EU commissioner at a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman. “EU Trade…
DetailsUkrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has estimated the economic impact of a possible increase in EU quotas for Ukrainian agricultural products to reach $200 million. “We received proposals yesterday, and preliminary assessments by our Ministry of Agrarian Policy stand at about $200 million. It is farm produce alone, the…
DetailsDTEK Energo, managing assets in coal production, heat generation and distribution of DTEK energy holding, saw a 61.5% fall in net loss in January-June YoY, to 8.135 billion UAH. The company said in a press release that the main contributor to net loss reduction was continued Hryvnia devaluation, which resulted in exchange rate difference losses…
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