The retail trade turnover of Ukraine in May 2021 grew by 22.7% compared to the same month in 2020 in comparable prices, while in April this figure was 34.3%, the State Statistics Service said on Tuesday.
According to the authority, in May, retail turnover increased 5.2% compared to April 2021.
In January-May 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, the retail trade turnover in the country also rose by 14.3%.
The largest growth in retail trade turnover of enterprises (legal entities and individual entrepreneurs) in the first five months of 2021 was recorded in Chernivtsi (by 30.7%), Ternopil (by 30.1%), Zakarpattia (by 24.5%), Khmelnytsky (by 21.1%), Lviv (19.6%), Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia (18.8%), Kyiv (17.2%), Zhytomyr (16.8%), Zaporizhia (16.5%) and Rivne (15.7%) regions.
The Center for Mass Vaccination of the Population against Coronavirus, which was created on the basis of the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv (IEC), will work for four days this week, the press service of Kyiv City State Administration reports.
“This week, the COVID-19 Vaccination Center, based at the International Exhibition Center, will be open on Thursday and Friday, and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:30,” the message reads.
It is noted that one can sign up for vaccinations using the Diia application and the Helsi.me portal.
Kyiv City State Administration adds that now the city continues to vaccinate teachers, medical and social workers, participants in the environmental protection organization, as well as people 65 years of age and older.
Mining enterprises of Ukraine in January-May this year reduced exports of iron ore raw materials (iron ore) in quantity terms by 1.8% compared to the same period last year, to 18.536 million tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service on Wednesday, during the specified period, foreign exchange earnings from iron ore exports increased 2.1-fold, to $3.132 billion.
Iron ore was exported mainly to China (45.44% of supplies in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (9.41%) and Austria (8.36%).
In January-May 2021, iron ore was imported to Ukraine for $127,000 in a total volume of 1,130 tonnes, while in January-May 2020, iron ore was imported from the Netherlands for $28,000, from Sweden for $10,000, from Germany for $1,000 and from Hungary $1,000 in the total volume of 84 tonnes.
In January-May 2021, iron ore was imported from Egypt (81.75%), Poland (10.32%) and Chile (2.38%).
Ukraine in January-May this year increased exports of cast iron in quantity terms by 4.1% compared to the same period last year, to 1.252 million tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service on Wednesday, during the specified period, exports of cast iron in monetary terms increased by 70.8%, to $600.902 million.
At the same time, exports were carried out mainly in the United States (59.45% of supplies in monetary terms), Turkey (13.82%) and Italy (11.83%).
In January-April 2021, Ukraine imported 73 tonnes of cast iron worth $92,000 from Germany (86.96%) and Slovakia (13.04%), while over the five months of 2020 it imported 314 tonnes of similar products worth $209,000.
Date: June 23, 2021
Contact: Ivan Bachynsky +380-93-064-8292 ivan@tiucanada.com.ua
(Kyiv, Ukraine) – TIU Canada, a major foreign investor in Ukrainian solar energy, returns to court today seeking reconnection of its Nikopol solar station. The case will be heard by the Kyiv Northern Appellate Commercial Court at 11:30, June 23, 2021. A three judge panel consists of the presiding Judge A.G. Maydaneevych, O.M. Kovtun and O.M. Gavruliuk will hear the case number is 910/3844/20. The address is courtroom #7, 1a Sholudenka Street in Kyiv.
TIU Canada, the plaintiff in the case, was illegally disconnected from the electricity grid on March 2, 2020, by the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFZ) whose ultimate beneficial shareholders are Igor Kolomoyskyi, Gennadiy Bogolyubov, and Viktor Pinchuk. The case can be viewed online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnljwMv_fuE
TIU Canada is a leading Canadian-based solar energy producer, which has been working in Ukraine since 2016, and is a leading solar energy producer. The company commissioned a 10.5 megawatt solar power plant in Nikopol, Ukraine, in January 2018, and an 11.3 megawatt solar station in the Mykolayiv region in April 2019. An additional 33 megawatts of solar power generation has been commissioned in the Odesa region, for a total of 56 megawatts nationwide. TIU Canada has invested more than $65 million in Ukrainian solar energy over the last four years and was the first investor in Ukraine under the Canadian Ukrainian Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA).