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19 January 2016

Surcharge And Taxes Account For 60% Of Prices Of Petroleum Products In Ukraine

Surcharge on owners of gasoline filling stations and taxes account for about 60% of the cost of gasoline and diesel fuel in Ukraine. This is stated in a report by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry.

Number Of Weekly Flights From Ukraine To Turkey Exceeds 100

Of the 109 regular flights that are performed between Turkey and Ukraine per week, excluding charter flights to holiday destinations, 63 are performed by three Turkish airlines and 46 by three Ukrainian airlines.

Only Pesa Capable Of Meeting Condition Of Tender For Supply Of 10 Trams To Kyiv

Only the Pesa manufacturer (Poland) can meet the deadline that was set in the Kyivpastrans company’s tender for supply of 10 low-floor trams. The expected cost of the trams is UAH 287 million. The deadline for submission of bid documents by applicants is to 10:00 on February 12.

18 January 2016

First Train Bypassing Russia Departs, Tariff Unclear

A pilot container train departed on a trip on the Trans-Caspian corridor (Ukraine-China) – through Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan – on 15 January. The train is carrying 20 containers.

29 December 2015

Antonov Aircraft To Be Serviced In Portugal

Antonov aircraft operating in Africa will be serviced at the Beja airport in southern Portugal. The relevant provision is made in a memorandum of understanding between the Antonov state aircraft manufacturing enterprise and the Portuguese company AeroNeo.

Period Of Customs Clearance At Ukrainian Ports To Be Reduced Further

The Ministry of Infrastructure and the State Fiscal Service have signed a memorandum of cooperation on information technology, which improves the process of handling cargoes.

UkSATSE’s Net Profit Halves In First Half Of 2015

The Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) made a net profit of UAH 171 million in the period of January-June 2015, which is UAH 185 million less than its net profit of UAH 356 million in the first half of 2014.

Cabinet Guarantees Antonov’s Loan Of UAH 1 Billion For Production Of ‘Luxury’ An-148 Aircraft

Cabinet of Ministers has provided state guarantee for loans of up to UAH 1.148 billion that the Antonov state enterprise plans to use to finance production of An-148-EA aircraft – a modification of the An-148 aircraft with VIP cabins.

28 December 2015

Ukraine Failed To Achieve Privatization Target In 2015 – SPF Head

Ukraine essentially failed to achieve its privatization target this year despite the fact that 2015 was declared the year of the large-scale privatization, the State Property Fund’s Ihor Bilous wrote in a column.

IMO Assesses Performance Of Ukraine’s Functions As Flag And Port State

An advisory mission from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was in Ukraine from December 14 to 18 to assess the performance of the functions of a flag state, port state, and coastal state by Ukraine.

Parliament Adopts 2016 State Budget With IMF-Approved Deficit Of 3.7% Of GDP

The parliament adopted the Law on State Budget for 2016 by 263 votes on Friday night with projected revenues of UAH 595.1 billion, which exceeds the projected revenues of the 2015 state budget by 15.1% or UAH 88.1 billion.

25 December 2015

Antonov Signs Contract For Production Of Almost 60 Aircraft

As reported, Romanov said in early September that Antonov had signed a contract for production of 43 aircraft.

Infrastructure Ministry Publishes Information About Future Procurements Worth UAH 5 Billion By State Enterprises

This is the first result of the new electronic document management system that the ministry introduced in early December.

24 December 2015

Plans For Concrete Roads In Ukraine Subject To Further Analysis - Khmil

However, the problem is that asphalt-concrete [roads] cannot be repaired with concrete.

EBRD To Finance Rehabilitation Of Sewerage Infrastructure And Construction Of New Access Ramp In Lviv

A fresh loan of EUR 6 million will be used for rehabilitation of a sewerage infrastructure and construction of a new access ramp.

Growth Of UIA’s Passenger Transport Volume To Slow In 2016

Management accounting based on international standards predicts that the company will make a profit at the end of the year.

23 December 2015

Ukrzaliznytsia To Receive Special Equipment For Tripling Speed Of Electrification Of Tracks

Part of a German loan of EUR 50 million will be used to purchase the equipment.

Boryspil Airport To Open Bus Complex At Beginning Of 2016

It also plans to prepare a project for reconstruction of the Apron D.

Russia Embargoes Ukrainian Agricultural Produce, Raw Materials, And Food

According to the Russian government, "the adopted decision is aimed at extending the special retaliatory economic measures in relation to Ukraine."

22 December 2015

Bombardier: Ukrainian Market Is Very Important For Us

Canadian engineering company Bombardier considers Ukraine as an important market for development of its business. It was announced to the CFTS by the press office of Bombardier Transportation, a rolling stock manufacturing unit.

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