2022 inflation rate in Ukraine settles at 26.6%

Year-over-year Ukrainian consumer price index inflation was at 26.6% for 2022, State Statistics Service reported on Jan. 10. In December 2022, price growth levels remained the same as in November – at 0.7%, compared to 2.5% in October, 1.9% in September and 1.1% in August. In December 2021, inflation was at 0.6%, so in annual … Read more

War has already cost Ukraine $700 billion in damage, PM says

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has already caused $700 billion in damage, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal said during a cabinet meeting on Jan. 3. Shmyhal noted that at the beginning of June 2022, that amount was estimated at around $350 billion. “Given the latest attacks on our infrastructure, today this amount exceeds $700 billion,” the … Read more

Corn and flour in short supply as Ukraine reports on exports

Ukraine exported 22.76 million tons of grain crops from the beginning of the 2022/2023 marketing year (from July to June) and until Jan. 2, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported. According to the agency, more than half (55.5%) of the total supply is corn —12.64 million tons, another 8.41 million tons of wheat (36.9%) and … Read more

Ukraine lessens projected GDP fall from 50% to 32%

The adaptability that Ukrainian business has shown during the full-scale Russian invasion has allowed the country to decrease the predicted fall in GDP from 50% to 32% by the end of the year, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yulia Svyrydenko said on Ukrainian television on Dec. 27. She noted that continued economic growth depends on the … Read more

Ukraine in 2023 counts on gross harvest in controlled territories in 70-75% of this year’s indicators

Next year, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine expects to harvest in the controlled territories in the amount of 70-75% of the indicators of 2022, despite the negative factors in the country’s agricultural sector caused by Russian military aggression. The support of international partners will also help Ukraine to harvest, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys … Read more

Ukraine exports almost 36 mln tonnes of agricultural products since start of war

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine has supplied 35.8 million tonnes of grains, legumes, oilseeds to foreign markets, the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported. According to it, in the first half of December 2022, some 3.6 million tonnes of agricultural products were exported from the country, which … Read more

Govt bans export of firewood – Shmyhal

The Cabinet of Ministers bans the export of firewood due to its strategic importance for the heating season in the face of Russian missile attacks on the Ukrainian power system, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. “Today we are making a decision to ban the export of firewood. This will accumulate it in Ukraine,” he … Read more