The housing price index in Ukraine for January-March 2025 was 111.2%, while for the same period in 2024, the figure was 116%, according to the State Statistics Service (Gosstat). According to its data, in the primary market, housing prices slowed to 14.8% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to 17.6% in the first quarter of last year. Two-room apartments rose the most in price, by 15.1%. Prices for one-room and three-room apartments rose by 14.4%.
In the secondary market, prices slowed to 9.3% in January-March 2025, compared to 15.3% in the same period of 2024. Thus, prices for one-room apartments rose by 9%, two-room apartments by 9.7%, and three-room apartments by 9.4%.
According to the statistics agency, compared to the previous quarter, housing prices rose by 3.9%, with a 4.3% increase in the primary market and a 3.6% increase in the secondary market.
According to the State Statistics Service, in the first quarter of 2025, prices in the primary market rose by 4.4% for one-room apartments compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, and by 4.2% for two-room and three-room apartments. In the secondary market, prices rose by 3.7%, 3.5%, and 3.7%, respectively.
As reported, according to the State Statistics Service, housing prices rose by 12.7% in 2024.
The State Statistics Service noted that the figures do not include temporarily occupied territories and parts of territories where hostilities are (were) ongoing.
As part of anti-dumping investigations, duties are more effective for economic development, according to Pavlo Kachur, head of Ukrcement.
“There are two mechanisms for protecting the market: anti-dumping duties and price proposals. The difference between them is that the additional delta that equalizes prices in one case goes to the domestic budget, and in the other case goes to the foreign producer. In today’s situation, when every hryvnia of revenue to the state budget is very important, when this hryvnia is used for defense, when domestic consumption in Ukraine has fallen significantly, the mechanism of anti-dumping duties is much more patriotic, because it additionally fills the state budget,” he told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the conference ‘Trade Wars: The Art of Defense’ in Kyiv on Tuesday.
Kachur stressed that protecting the interests of Ukrainian producers in wartime is not only the right but also the duty of the state.
As reported, the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) is reviewing anti-dumping measures on imports of cement from Russia, Belarus, and Moldova to Ukraine in connection with the expiration of their validity. Earlier, in 2019, the ICIT imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of cement clinker and Portland cement under codes 2523 10 and 2523 29 to Ukraine at the following rates: 57.03% on cement from Belarus; 94.46% on cement from Moldova; 114.95% on cement from Russia. The duties were imposed for a period of five years and extended for one year in 2024.
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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) last week, with almost no currency purchases, increased its sales on the interbank market by $130.95 million, or 21.0%, to $755.10 million, according to statistics on the regulator’s website.
The data published by the regulator during this period indicate a change in the situation on the cash currency market: the balance was negative every day, fluctuating from $2.0 million on Monday to $15.3 million on Tuesday, $9.2 million on Wednesday, and $12.0 million on Thursday.
The official hryvnia exchange rate fluctuated within a narrow range from 41.5470 UAH/$1 at the beginning of the week to 41.4983 UAH/$1 at the end of the week.
On the cash market, the hryvnia exchange rate remained virtually unchanged at the end of the week: the buying rate was around 41.42 UAH/$1 and the selling rate was 41.50 UAH/$1.
As noted by KYT Group experts, the approaching tax payment period, as well as seasonal activity in the energy sector and imports of energy carriers, are adding liquidity to the market, but are unlikely to lead to significant exchange rate fluctuations provided that key current conditions remain unchanged.
In their opinion, technical and psychological support for the market is provided by the growth of international reserves to $46.7 billion (+10% in April), which creates an additional reserve of stability for the “managed flexibility” policy.
In the short term (2-4 weeks), KYT Group expects the exchange rate to remain in the range of 41.20-41.80 UAH/USD with local fluctuations of ±20 kopecks under the influence of situational factors, provided that current circumstances remain unchanged.
According to the company, in the medium term (2-4 months), the exchange rate may remain stable or shift to 41.80-42.50 UAH/USD under the influence of moderate devaluation.
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The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to use US foreign aid accounts to return migrants to countries affected by conflict, including Ukraine, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
“The Trump administration has developed plans to spend up to $250 million in foreign aid to fund the evacuation and return of people from areas of active conflict, including 700,000 Ukrainian and Haitian migrants who fled to the United States amid ongoing extreme violence in their home countries,” the report said.
According to the publication, the proposal, which had not been previously reported, was in the works even before the US Department of Homeland Security announced on May 5 that immigrants who voluntarily “self-deport” to their countries would be eligible for a $1,000 grant from the US government.
While previous administrations have supported the use of taxpayer funds for the voluntary repatriation of migrants, the proposal developed under Trump is unusual in that it includes people who have fled some of the most dangerous parts of the world and appears to be aimed at bypassing the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN-affiliated organization which typically helps return migrants to their homes. It also coincides with the administration’s polarizing attempt to drastically cut foreign aid, in particular by eliminating the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and ending 80% of its programs, including those that worked in Ukraine, Haiti, and other troubled countries.
In addition to Ukrainians and Haitians, the draft documents also mention Afghans, Palestinians, Libyans, Sudanese, Syrians, and Yemenis, stating that they may also be targeted by the voluntary deportation program. The IOM does not support the return of people to any of these countries, according to the draft documents.
