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Chinese investors to launch biofuel production in Sumy region Chinese investors are to change the line of business of a distillery in the Village of Popovka in Konotop district (Sumy region) to the production of bioethanol, reads a posting on the Web site of Sumy Regional State Administration.
Mar 2 at 22:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
Naftogaz chief: Ukraine, Russia to resume talks on gas price at presidential level Kyiv and Moscow will resume the talks on the natural gas price at the level of heads of state after the presidential election in Russia, Naftogaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Yevhen Bakulin has said.
Mar 2 at 19:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Gazprom hands Naftogaz draft agreement reducing gas price by 10% Russia's giant gas company Gazprom has handed Ukraine's national gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy a draft agreement that proposes to cut the price of natural gas for Ukraine by 10%, and negotiations on the matter are ongoing, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.
Mar 2 at 18:49 | Interfax-Ukraine
NBU revokes license of Inprombank The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has revoked the banking license from Kharkiv-based Innovation and Industrial Bank (Inprombank) and launched liquidation procedures at the bank.
Mar 2 at 13:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Agricultural Marketing Project: Ukraine sets up a new record in citrus imports in 2011 According to Fruit-Inform, in 2011, Ukraine imported record-breaking volumes of oranges, mandarins and lemons. Ukrainian imports were 11% higher than in 2007 (the year of the previous record). A recovery of orange imports should especially be mentioned, as they have been stably stagnating over the past 3 years. Last year, orange imports grew by 15%; however, they were still 8% lower than in 2007. Read more.
Mar 2 at 12:15
Telegraf.by: Ukraine sets condition for lifting ban on milk import The State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine is ready to lift its ban on imports of milk and dairy products from Belarus, if the Belarusian side provides the guarantee of its products’ antibiotics spot test. This was sated by first deputy chairman of the Veterinary Service of Ukraine Volodymyr Gorzheev on March 1. Simultaneously, the Ukrainian veterinary service does not exclude the possibility that its experts will inspect the system for monitoring the production of milk and dairy products in Belarus. Read more here.
Mar 2 at 12:02
Ukraine bars imports of Belarussian milk Ukraine on Thursday barred imports of Belarussian milk and milk products, a move which could escalate a regional trade war which started last month when Belarus' ally Russia banned imports of Ukrainian cheese.
Mar 1 at 13:24 | Reuters
Kyiv regional customs service from April 1 toughens post-audit control Kyiv regional customs service is planning from April 1, 2012 to launch a campaign to toughen post-audit checks of foreign economic traders to establish if they evaded paying taxes during customs clearance, Deputy Head of Kyiv regional customs service, Natalia Levedynska, said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
Mar 1 at 12:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Marketwatch.com: Ukraine pleads to the EU countries to follow energy protocol Ukraine demands the European Energy Community investigate the actions of Slovenia in support of the Russian South Stream project. Such was the appeal of the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko to the Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Slavtcho Neykov. On Feb. 27, 2012, Slovenia negotiated the parameters of the part of South Stream that would run through its territory. Read more here.
Mar 1 at 12:14
Ukraine temporarily suspends milk, pork imports from Belarus The State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service of Ukraine from March 1, 2012 temporarily suspended imports from Belarus of milk and dairy products and animals susceptible to African swine fever (ASF), as well as products made of them.
Mar 1 at 11:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Telegraf.by: Ukraine bans import of milk and meat from Belarus March 1, 2012, Ukraine introduced a temporary ban on import of dairy and meat products from Belarus, as well as the animals susceptible to African swine fever (ASF), products and raw materials from them. According to the official report of the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine, "several violations of veterinary and sanitary requirements of Ukraine were revealed in February 2012 when exercising state veterinary and sanitary control of dairy products imported from Belarus to Ukraine." Read more here.
Mar 1 at 10:00
Business Recorder: Ukraine sees sharp rise in corn sowing area Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry expects the area sown to corn to increase to 4.5 million-5.0 million hectares this year from 3.6 million hectares in 2011, it said on Wednesday, making up for winter grain plantings lost to drought and cold weather."The total area sown to grains will be 15.8 million tonnes, roughly the same as in 2011," Leonid Sukhomlin, the head of the ministry's grains unit, told an industry conference. Read more.
Mar 1 at 08:10
Ambassador: Trade between Ukraine, Iran returns to normal The sanctions imposed on Iran have not significantly affected the country's trade cooperation with Ukraine, Iranian Ambassador to Ukraine Akbar Ghasemi Ali Abadi has said.
Feb 29 at 20:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine to complain to WTO over Russia's restrictions on cheese import Ukraine's Agrarian Police and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said the situation regarding Ukrainian cheese supplies restricted by Russia is difficult and Kyiv is going to appeal to the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Feb 29 at 17:38 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Ukraine aiming for pre-crisis level of construction Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has stressed the importance of mortgage development and attracting investments in the sphere of construction.
Feb 29 at 16:27 | Interfax-Ukraine