Passenger traffic at Boryspil International Airport is expected to reach 9.5 million passengers in 2021. Director of International Boryspil Airport Oleksiy Dubrevskyi said this at the infrastructure forum “Great Construction: Aviation. Tourism” on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “In 2021, the airport plans to serve 9.5 million passengers, which proves traffic resumption at 62% of … Read more
Industrial production in Ukraine resumed growth after September, growing by 2.2% year on year. This was reported by the State Statistics Service. In October, the seasonally adjusted index of industrial production was 101.9% compared to September, i.e. production increased by 1.9%. For 10 months of 2021, industrial production grew by 1.4% year on year. In … Read more
In Ukraine, 10.3 million tonnes of sugar beets were gathered from 217.9 thousand ha (96% of projected area), with a yield capacity being 470.7 centner/ha, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. It is noted that sugar beet harvesting campaign has been completed in Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, … Read more
Ukraine intends to export more than 60 million tonnes of grain in the 2021/2022 marketing year, the Ukrainian Economy Ministry’s press service has reported. “Ukraine continues to increase grain exports to foreign markets. In particular, in the 21/22 marketing year, Ukraine intends to export more than 60 million tonnes of grain. A serious challenge in … Read more
The rapid rise in excise duties on tobacco products has led to a similar trend in the illegal market. Because of this, the budget of Ukraine won’t receive, according to experts, about 14 billion hryvnias in 2021. In the five years since 2017, the illegal tobacco market has increased from 2.3% to 18.1%. Such figures … Read more
More than 3 million foreign tourists visited Ukraine in January-September 2021, which is 12.6% more compared to the same period last year. The State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine wrote about this on its Facebook page. “The first nine months of 2021 were marked by a gradual resumption of tourist flows, both in Ukraine and … Read more
Ukraine’s Antonov Company has signed a contract under the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) initiative, which gives NATO and EU countries the right to use the company’s aircraft for emergency delivery of cargo in crisis situations for the next five years. The head of the company’s commercial department, Andriy Blahovisny, said this during a press … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law “On Energy Efficiency,” adopted by Parliament on October 21, 2021. This was reported by the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving. The main purpose of the law is to create new framework conditions for promoting energy efficiency in all sectors of the economy. The law lays the … Read more
In October 2021, the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) provided air navigation services to 25,090 flights of Ukrainian and foreign airlines performed in the Ukrainian airspace, which is 83.8% of the pre-crisis October 2019 level. The press service of UkSATSE wrote this on Facebook. According to UkSATSE, Ukrainian airlines performed 8,569 flights in October … Read more
The competent authorities of Ukraine and Jordan this week approved the form of a certificate for the export of milk and dairy products from Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this at an online briefing on Thursday, November 4. “This week we opened another market – the export of Ukrainian dairy products to Jordan. … Read more