Azur Air Ukraine has begun preparations for carrying out cargo transportation on board long-haul Boeing 767-300 aircraft, the airline said on its Facebook page.
“Given the quarantine imposed by the Cabinet of Ministers and the closure of border crossing points, the airline’s flights were carried out only as part of evacuation measures to return Ukrainian citizens home. Thus, the company incurs significant losses … In this regard, the airline is looking for ways to realize its potential outside of passenger transportation,” the report says.
Azur Air Ukraine notes that organizational and technical measures are being implemented to partially change the configuration of passenger aircraft to cargo, in particular, the dismantling of passenger seats, etc.
Such measures, according to the company, should ensure the carrying capacity of Boeing 767-300 passenger aircraft and transportation of medical equipment and drugs, essential goods, etc. as part of humanitarian flights.
“The implementation of these measures by the airline’s management will minimize the negative impact of the economic crisis in the state, tax revenues to the state budget, improve the anti-epidemic situation and avoid the mass dismissal of the airline’s workforce,” Azur Air Ukraine expects.
Azur Air Ukraine (formerly Utair Ukraine) began its operations in 2009, changing its name in 2015. The company is based at Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv region), however, it offers flights from the regions, including Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Lviv, and Odesa.
The production seed complex of the international agricultural company Corteva Agriscience, which is located in the village of Stasi (Poltava region), has carried out the first export of seeds directly to Agrodairy, one of the largest agricultural companies in Azerbaijan.
According to a company press release, exporting finished products directly to a foreign producer is the first experience and, in the future, a new direction for the seed complex in Ukraine, which since its founding in 2013 has been focused on meeting the local needs of Ukrainian producers and the internal needs of the company.
“Until that time, seeds were exported internally to Corteva Agriscience European production sites, mainly to Romania and Italy, for further processing, packaging and sales by local teams,” the company explained.
Corteva plans to expand exports from Ukraine to other countries. In the future, the company also plans to export seeds to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and after introducing Ukraine in the list of countries from which it is allowed to import seeds to the European Union, to supply seeds to Europe.
Corteva Agriscience is a global agricultural company that offers farmers comprehensive solutions to maximize yields. The company has more than 150 research facilities and more than 65 active substances in the portfolio.
Corteva Agriscience in 2019 completed the separation from DowDuPont. Corteva Agriscience has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since June 2019 under the symbol CTVA.
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of April 24
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia is interested in deepening its local content policy and plans to revise its investment program to support Ukrainian manufacturers.
The press service of Ukrzaliznytsia said that such plans were disclosed by member of the company’s board Frantisek Bures.
According to him, the company intends to reduce excess costs and non-core assets for this purpose. “This will free the required sources of funding and turn blocked assets into liquid ones. At the same time, the company’s investment program will be maximally refocused on cooperation with internal producers. Thus, the Ukrainian economy will receive not only the benefits of reliable logistics services provided by Ukrzaliznytsia, but also additional support,” the press service said in the statement, citing Bures.
Ukrzaliznytsia expressed the hope that as a result, the share of production of new locomotives, spare parts, key components, repair services and modernization projects on the basis of Ukrainian enterprises will increase. Deepening the level of the local content policy for investments will support the Ukrainian economy through employment growth, technological development and the introduction of innovative know-how.
Bures said that at present, the company makes extensive use of industrial products from internal manufacturers, in particular, welding structures, transformers, electric motors and equipment, gear structures and systems, axial pins and wheel sets, construction equipment, power electronics, control systems and radio engineering, traffic safety systems, airborne alarm and security systems, light and sound systems, fire protection systems, sensors, video and communication systems, cables and conditioning systems, accumulators and batteries, installation and commissioning works. The company also uses the testing and certification, warranty and after-sales services, and other services.
“Based on my long experience working with international and domestic manufacturers of rolling stock, I am absolutely convinced that Ukrainian manufacturers are able to meet the highest quality requirements,” he said.
Bures also said that in order to fulfill the order of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky regarding the promotion of investment and strengthening the protection of foreign investment in the country, the industry needs to get government’s strong support and clear rules of the game on the market. “It is necessary to adopt the national local content strategy for large national investment projects with transparent rules, calculations and a monitoring methodology. This will involve more foreign partners in investing in Ukraine, contributing to the creation of new jobs and the development of the national economy,” he said.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 24/04/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Kernel, one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural groups, in the third quarter of FY2020 (started in July 2019) cut sunflower oil sales by 2% year-over-year, to 380,900 tonnes.
According to an operations update posted on the website of the company, the share of bottled oil of total sales in January-March 2020 was 10% (39,000 tonnes).
Oilseeds crushing in Q3 FY2020 grew by 4%, to 940,650 tonnes, running crushing plants at full capacity.
The holding said that grain exports from Ukraine in January-March 2020 grew by 41%, to 2.15 million, including 35% of grain produced by company’s farming division, and the remaining was originated from external suppliers.
Export terminal throughput volumes in Ukraine reached 1.9 million tonnes in the reporting period, up 66% year-over-year, on the back of strong grain export volumes from Ukraine and increased contribution from new TransGrainTerminal. Grain and oilseeds received in inland silos fell by 65%, to 124,540 tonnes.
Kernel cut sunflower sails by 12% year-over-year, to 1 million tonnes. Sunflower crushing grew by 115, to 2.52 million tonnes. The company is progressing on the guidance to process 3.3 million tonnes of sunflower seeds for the whole FY2020.
In 9M of FY2020 grain exports from Ukraine grew by 30%, to 6 million tonnes.
According to the document, export terminal throughput volumes in Ukraine in 9M of FY2020 grew by 41%, to 4.82 million tonnes. Grain and oilseeds received in inland silos fell by 2%, to 4.12 million tonnes.
