29.08.2014
Yatseniuk: Finance Ministry to sell into reserves of National Bank US$340 million to stabilize currency exchange rate
In order to stabilize the currency exchange rate of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance is to sell into the reserves of the Ukrainian National Bank US$340 million, Government Portal says referring to the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk report made on Thursday, August 28.
more26.08.2014
Poroshenko dissolves Verkhovna Rada, early elections to be held on October 26
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has terminated the powers of the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation, reads a statement posted on the Twitter page of the head of state.
more21.08.2014
Yatseniuk: Cabinet introduces institute of Ukrainian Trade Representative
The Ukrainian Government is to adopt a decision on the introduction of the institute of the Trade Representative of Ukraine, Government Portal says quoting the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk as reporting at the Gov’t meeting on Wednesday, August 20.
more21.08.2014
Finance Ministry proposes to IMF to combine tranches
The Finance Ministry approached the International Monetary Fund with a proposal to combine the third and fourth tranches of the stand-by loan and to allocate them as one payment.
more21.08.2014
Offer for imported dairy products on the market has decreased
According to the Mìnistry of Incomes, for the first seven months of the year Ukraine has imported dairy products totaling 114 mln USD. Although it is only 2% less than the analogous period of the previous year, but in natural expression this reduction in imports was quite significant. Such estimation has been done by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB).
more19.08.2014
Ukrainian parliament to ratify agreement with EU in near future
The Verkhovna Rada will ratify the Association Agreement with the European Union in the near future, NRCU reports quoting the Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as speaking while sharing an interview with Baltic news agency BNS.
more19.08.2014
Transferring parts of the agricultural enterprises to the common tax system will reduce the harvest by a third
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine initiated a revision of taxation system in the field of agriculture. The last suggestion implies to transfer those agricultural enterprises which have over 20 mln UAH of annual revenue and more than 3 ths hectares of farmlands to the common system of taxation. According to the calculations done by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB) adoption of this innovation in the long term perspective could lead to reduction of grain and legume crops harvest by 29.6% and put losses at more than 24 bln UAH.
more15.08.2014
Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance restricted imports of Ukrainian products almost for $1 billion
Russia has already prohibited imports of such Ukrainian commodity headings as confectionery products, milk and dairy products, live pigs, juices, fruit, canned fruit, vegetables and fish, maize grits, soybeans and soybean meal, sunflower seeds, potatoes and onions.
more14.08.2014
USDA improves forecast for Ukrainian 2014 grain harvest by 2.5%
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in August improved its forecast for the grain harvest in Ukraine in 2014 by almost 2.5%, to 58.5 million MT.
more14.08.2014
20 Ukrainian sugar plants thermal stations are to be conversed to alternative energy sources
As to Government Portal, as of Aug 13, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food held a meeting on conversion of the domestic sugar plants’ thermal stations to alternative energy sources’ usage; the meeting was chaired by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Igor Shvaika.
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