In January-April this year, Ukraine reduced exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrates in physical terms by 90.4% compared to the same period last year, to 277 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, in monetary terms, exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrates decreased by 89.6% to $496,000.
The main exports went to Uzbekistan (35.61% of shipments in monetary terms), Turkey (35.01%), and Egypt (29.38%).
In the first four months of 2025, Ukraine imported 22 tons of titanium-containing ore worth $37,000 from China (100%), all in January.
As reported, in 2024, Ukraine reduced exports of titanium-containing ores in physical terms by 37.5% compared to the previous year, to 7,284 tons. In monetary terms, exports of titanium-containing ores and concentrates decreased by 40% to $11.654 million. The main exports were to Turkey (62.82% of shipments in monetary terms), Egypt (7.38%), and Poland (6.93%).
In 2024, Ukraine imported 314 tons of titanium-containing ore worth $492 thousand from China (87.78%), Vietnam (6.11%), and Senegal (also 6.11%).
At the same time, experts pointed to discrepancies in statistics on exports of titanium-containing ores. However, in response to a request from Interfax-Ukraine, the State Customs Service (SCS) of Ukraine reported that complete data on exports of titanium raw materials is not provided due to restrictions on the volume of export and import operations with military and dual-use goods, which are reflected in aggregate form under “Other goods.”
They explained that, in particular, deliveries of titanium-containing ores from companies differ from the SCS data.
“We would like to inform you that these deliveries are included in the statistical exports from Ukraine, but are not reflected in the foreign trade statistics published by the State Customs Service (…) under the UKTZED commodity code 2614 “Titanium ores and concentrates” in view of the following. (…) In accordance with the provisions (…) during data protection for confidentiality purposes, any information considered confidential shall be reported in full at the next higher level of product data aggregation,” the State Customs Service explained in its response to the agency.
It was clarified that information on customs clearance and movement across the customs border of Ukraine of goods subject to export control is included in the list of information containing official information in the State Customs Service, in accordance with the relevant order.
In Ukraine, titanium-containing ores are currently mined mainly by PJSC United Mining and Chemical Company (OGHK), which manages the Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant (VGMK, Dnipropetrovsk region) and the Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (IGZK, Zhytomyr region), as well as LLC “Mezhirichensky GZK” and LLC “Valky-Ilmenit” (both LLCs are located in Irshansk, Zhytomyr region). In addition, the production and commercial firm Velta (Dnipro) built a mining and processing plant at the Birzulivskoye deposit with a capacity of 240,000 tons of ilmenite concentrate per year.
Ukrtelecom, Ukraine’s largest fixed-line operator, increased its revenue by 3.5% in January-March 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 1.17 billion.
According to the company’s press service on Tuesday, EBITDA in the first quarter of this year amounted to UAH 162 million. The EBITDA margin decreased by 10 percentage points compared to the same quarter last year. The company did not disclose the absolute value of EBITDA margin in the first quarter of 2025, stating that the decrease was “due to a significant increase in electricity costs as a result of a nearly 50% increase in tariffs compared to last year.”
The number of new B2C subscribers connected to Ukrtelecom’s optical network in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 21.7% compared to the same quarter of 2024. In addition, in the last quarter, about 30 medical and almost 50 educational institutions were connected to the company’s optical network. In total, high-speed Internet from Ukrtelecom is already available in more than 1,330 medical and 1,800 educational institutions across the country, according to the report.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrtelecom’s optical network has grown by 15.5% to 90,000 kilometers of fiber-optic lines as of the end of the first quarter of 2025. According to the consolidated report on Ukrtelecom’s website, the length of the company’s fiber-optic lines in 2022 was 76,000 km. The company reached this figure after laying a record 14,000 km of fiber-optic lines in 2021.
The current scale of the fiber-optic network (90,000 km) allows more than 3 million households (homepass) across the country to connect to modern services, Ukrtelecom reported.
The company also reported that to develop its optical infrastructure at the access network level, it is using FTTH/P architecture based on GPON technology, which provides stable, high-speed, and energy-independent Internet access even during prolonged power outages.
“Despite all the difficulties of wartime, Ukrtelecom continues to provide high-quality communications and maintain the country’s digital resilience. We are systematically investing in the construction of optical infrastructure and network modernization, and every month we connect thousands of Ukrainians, businesses, government agencies, medical, educational, and socially important institutions to energy-independent GPON internet. We also provide reliable communications for our defenders,” said Yuriy Kurmaz, CEO of Ukrtelecom, as quoted by the company’s press service.
According to him, the company will continue to expand its fiber-optic network. The plans for 2025 include laying another 6,000 km of fiber optics.
”90,000 kilometers of optical lines have already been laid, but this is only part of the huge work we continue to do every day to ensure that as many settlements in our country as possible have access to modern telecommunications services,” Kurmaz said.
Earlier, Ukrtelecom reported that, according to the results of January-September 2024, Ukrtelecom’s fiber-optic network reached about 90,000 km and covers 2.7 million Homepasses. As of early July 2024, Ukrtelecom’s fiber optics are available in 1,280 medical facilities and over 1,700 educational institutions.
According to unaudited financial statements, Ukrtelecom increased its revenue in 2024 by 4.6% compared to 2023, to UAH 5.3 billion. EBITDA decreased slightly to UAH 970 million, compared to UAH 1 billion in 2023. The EBITDA margin was 20%, compared to 21.1% in 2023.
Ukrtelecom’s capital investments in 2024 increased by 60% compared to the previous year to over UAH 750 million. Total investments in the company’s development exceeded UAH 900 million.
It was reported that in 2024, the company laid almost 7,000 km of fiber-optic cable, providing access to modern services for 3 million households across the country. Access to the optical network was provided to 1,300 medical and about 1,780 educational institutions.
PrJSC Litynsky Breeding Plant, part of the Roshen confectionery corporation, has changed its chairman of the board: Konstantin Pivnya will be replaced by Vyacheslav Moskalevsky for a term of one year, effective May 14.
According to information published on Tuesday in the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), Moskalyevsky has been chairman of the supervisory board of JSC Versey, financial director of Evertrade LLC, administrative manager of the state-owned enterprise Konditerska Korporatsiya Roshen, and chairman/member of the supervisory board of the private joint-stock company Plemzavod Litinsky.
In addition, the supervisory board carried out personnel changes among the members of the management board, in particular, terminating the powers of Oleksandr Shvets, who was replaced by Iryna Kurylo. Serhiy Okolodko retained his position.
The general meeting of shareholders on April 29 decided to pay dividends (on ordinary shares) in the amount of UAH 10.413 million from net profit for 2024 at a rate of UAH 2.25 per ordinary share. The management board was instructed to compile a list of persons entitled to receive dividends by May 27 and to make payments by November 26, 2025.
PJSC “Plemzavod ‘Litinsky’ was founded in 1964 in the village of Hromadske, Litinsky district, Vinnytsia region. The plant is engaged in the breeding of young cattle and pigs; the cultivation of grain, fodder and oil crops, sugar beets; the production of milk, meat and other industrial and agricultural products; production of seeds of varietal and hybrid varieties of grain crops; production of flour, cereals, and other products, as well as their sale. The main market is agricultural enterprises in Ukraine that purchase breeding animals for further breeding.
According to Opendatabot, in 2024, PrJSC “Plemzavod ‘Litinsky’ increased its revenue by 10.9% to UAH 383.365 million, net profit by 2.4 times to UAH 115.291 million, debt obligations by 15.6% to UAH 218.485 million, assets by 9.6%, to UAH 604.593 million, and the number of employees by 19, to 98 employees. The company’s authorized capital is UAH 1.157 million.
Its major shareholders are Oleg Oleksiuk (9.98%) and PJSC “Closed Non-Diversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund ‘Konditerinvest’ (90%).
The EU is preparing to impose increased tariffs on Ukrainian imports within a few weeks, which will hit Ukraine’s economy at a crucial moment in its fight against Russian aggression, the Financial Times reported.
According to the publication’s sources, the decision to abruptly terminate special trade agreements that allowed most Ukrainian goods to be imported into the EU duty-free was made after Poland led a movement to protect the bloc’s farmers.
European diplomats said that this transitional proposal, recently sent to EU member states, would sharply reduce duty-free quotas for agricultural products.
Two EU diplomats told the FT that the European Commission’s transitional measure would split the annual duty-free quota into 12 monthly quotas to reduce imports while negotiations continue.
This will have the greatest impact on corn, sugar, honey, and poultry. The corn quota will be reduced from 4.7 million tons to 650,000 tons per year. The quota for poultry will fall from 57,000 tons to 40,000 tons, and for sugar from 109,000 tons to 40,700 tons.
A European Commission representative confirmed that the military agreements will not be reinstated “because we are currently working on revising” the free trade agreement between the EU and Ukraine.
“The Commission is also looking into possible transitional measures in case the talks aren’t finished and aren’t applied by June 6,“ he added.
“This is a really bad signal for Ukraine,” said Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee, adding that the search for a solution will continue until at least October.
His committee will hear the European Commission’s position on Wednesday on why the promised trade talks have stalled, given that the June deadline was “known for a long time,” Lange said.
According to the publication, the Ukrainian government estimates that a return to pre-war trade conditions would reduce the country’s revenues by approximately EUR 3.5 billion.
“This is a huge step backwards. What we are seeing now is a lack of understanding,” said Mykhailo Bno-Ayriyan, trade representative of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine.
As reported, the EU has a free trade agreement with Ukraine, and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU temporarily suspended customs tariffs on Ukrainian agricultural products. These agreements expire on June 6, and the EU plans to replace them with “transitional measures” while both sides update their joint trade agreement.
The duty-free regime established in 2022 applied to poultry meat, wheat, and sugar from Ukraine, most of which passed through EU countries on their way to Africa and Asia. But farmers and politicians in Poland, France, and other countries have blamed Ukrainian exports for driving down domestic prices. Ahead of the May 18 presidential election, Warsaw asked the European Commission to postpone the highly unpopular trade talks with Kyiv to minimize the chances of nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki.
Since early 2025, the European Commission has stated its intention to abolish preferential trade in agricultural products for Ukraine. It was expected that trade measures to support Ukraine would be more modest and that imports into the EU would decline.
The enterprises of Astarta, Ukraine’s largest sugar producer, have completed the spring sowing campaign on 146,000 hectares, responding quickly to the weather conditions of the season, the agricultural holding’s press service reported on Facebook.
“This year’s spring sowing took place under challenging weather conditions: abnormally high temperatures in March and frosts in April. Low soil moisture reserves after winter and their rapid decline due to early temperature rises forced the team to act quickly and in a coordinated manner. During a short “window” of favorable conditions, our divisions coordinated the entire complex of spring field work, completing sowing in the shortest possible time,” said Andriy Zagorulko, director of the crop production, logistics, and mechanization department of the agricultural holding.
Astarta noted that in the 2025 season, the crop structure will be as follows: sugar beets – 34,000 hectares, soybeans – 56,000 hectares, winter wheat – 46,000 hectares, sunflowers – 29,000 hectares, rapeseed – 11,000 hectares, corn – 14,000 hectares, and organic crops – 2,000 hectares.
Farmers are currently continuing to care for their crops, constantly monitoring their condition, moisture levels, and phytosanitary status. The production team is actively preparing for the start of the early grain harvest, which will begin in less than two months.
Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding operating in eight regions of Ukraine. It comprises six sugar factories, agricultural enterprises with a land bank of 220,000 hectares, dairy farms with 22,000 head of cattle, an oil extraction plant in Hlobyn (Poltava region), seven elevators, and a biogas complex.
” In the first nine months of 2024, Astarta increased its net profit by 35.1% compared to the same period in 2023, to EUR75.60 million, revenue grew by 12.6% to EUR441.46 million, and EBITDA by 12.8% to $131.56 million.
In January-April this year, DTEK Energy’s machine builders manufactured and repaired 1,136 pieces of mining equipment, including three new combines for mining operations.
According to a press release issued by the energy holding company on Tuesday, the machine builders also supplied mines with over 735,000 spare parts and components.
“We are already actively preparing for the next autumn-winter period. Our main task is to get through it as reliably as possible. To this end, our machine builders are providing miners with the necessary equipment and hundreds of thousands of spare parts, on which the reliability of coal production depends, and therefore the operation of thermal power generation, especially during peak electricity consumption,” DTEK Energy CEO Alexander Fomenko is quoted as saying in the press release.
According to Korum Druzhkivka Machine Building Plant, one of DTEK Energy’s machine-building assets, in January-April it manufactured 106 units of GSH (including 34 in April), repaired two KPD combines, and produced over 286,000 components.
According to a press release, DTEK Energy miners have put five coal longwall faces into operation since the beginning of the year.
As reported, in 2024, the company’s investments in Ukrainian coal mining amounted to UAH 7.5 billion, and over the last three years (2022-2024) – UAH 18 billion. The funds were allocated for the construction and repair of capital mine workings, the completion of coal longwall panels, the equipping of mines with tunneling equipment, underground mine transport, and projects to support production capacities.
DTEK Energy provides a closed cycle of coal-fired power generation. As of January 2022, the company’s installed thermal generation capacity was 13.3 GW. A full production cycle has been established in coal mining: coal extraction and enrichment, machine building, and maintenance of mining equipment.
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