National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 11/02/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of February 11
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
The number of individual entrepreneurs in Ukraine at the beginning of 2020 amounted to 1.8 million, which is 19,900 more compared to the figure at the beginning of 2019, the State Tax Service has said.
According to the report, the number of individual entrepreneurs operating under a simplified taxation system over the year increased by 93,800, or 8%, to 1.5 million taxpayers.
At the same time, in the first half of 2019, the dynamics of the number of such taxpayers was declining: this figure decreased from 1.39 million at the beginning of the year to 1.36 million on July 1.
Ratio of fertility and mortality by Ukrainian region as of dec 1, 2019
Vitmark-Ukraine has begun production of vegetable milk under the brand Vega Milk at a factory in Odesa region.
According to the company’s press release, Vitmark-Ukraine built a plant in Odesa region for EUR 5 million with a full cycle of vegetable milk production. The plant is equipped with equipment from Sweden, it also has its own storage workshops, processing equipment, aseptic packaging bottling lines. The plant processes oats, buckwheat, and wheat.
“Our business specializes in juices, drinks and baby food. Having opened the alternative milk line, we launched an extremely promising start-up – the innovative FoodTech, which combines technology and science,” President of Vitmark-Ukraine Vitaliy Vinnytsky said.
The company noted that within a few weeks it will be possible to find up to 11 names of Vega Milk vegetable milk in stores in Ukraine: on the basis of cereals, nuts and with the addition of fruits.
Vitmark-Ukraine indicated that alternative milk from herbal ingredients has shown rapid growth in recent years as a category, especially in North America and Europe.
“Some $40 billion is the approximate amount the experts estimate the world market of vegetable milk by 2024,” the company said.
Ascania-Pack, part of the Ascania muti-profile Ukrainian holding, has started exporting honey to Saudi Arabia.
According to a company press release on Monday, the first batch of 12.2 tonnes was shipped in December.
“Saudi Arabia has become the eighteenth country in the world where the company exports cream honey for the retail market, including the United States, Canada, Singapore, Iraq, Qatar, as well as European countries,” the company said.
Ascania-Pack is a large Ukrainian exporter of honey, has its own production, which allows processing more than 20,000 tonnes of honey per year.
