2022-2024 goods trade balance forecast (USD billion)
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The annual ranking of cities that were most active in realizing their assets on “Prozorro.Sales” in 2023 was headed by Zolotonosha in Cherkasy region, Balta in Odessa region and Kyiv, according to a release on Wednesday.
“State online auctions in 2023 helped earn at least 1.6 billion hryvnia to local budgets. This is an example of how increasing the capacity of each individual city or town brings us closer to the recovery of the country’s economy as a whole,” Deputy Economy Minister Oleksiy Sobolev said.
In total, the rating included 26 cities, the total income of communities of which amounted to almost 1 billion UAH.
“Local governments today are the drivers of change on the ground, many of them are actively involved in the programs implemented by the Ministry, aimed at business development. At the same time, communities have a great potential, which they can realize independently, successfully selling and leasing communal real estate and land through “Prozorro.Sales”, – added Sobolev
According to the CEO of “Prozorro.Sales” Sergey Buta, compared to the first year of full-scale invasion, in 2023 several dozen more cities returned to the realization of assets through the state online auctions “Prozorro.Sales”.
“A total of 334 territorial communities worked with the system in 2023, which announced more than 7.3 thousand successful bids for small privatization, leasing of communal property and leasing and sale of land. And this is an opportunity for communities to independently generate revenues to their budgets and attract businesses that buy and lease communal assets,” Bute added.
It is specified that local governments in Zolotonosha successfully held 61 auctions out of 78 announced last year. Thanks to online auctions the local budget received almost UAH 1.9 mln. 168 successful auctions brought Balta more than UAH 23.3 mln, and the capital budget in 2023 was replenished by more than UAH 141.4 mln following the results of almost half a thousand auctions.
Lutsk and Lubny were also in the top five cities with high efficiency of property management through online auctions: their city budgets earned more than UAH 12.5 million and almost UAH 4.8 million respectively from the sale of municipal assets.
Chernivtsi, Dnipro, Ternopil, Lviv and Kremenchuk formed the second five of the rating according to the results of 2023.
According to “Prozorro.Sales”, Lviv, which took the ninth place, attracted the most funds in the system among all cities last year: small privatization, rent and land brought almost UAH 160.4 million to its budget.
Import changes in % to previous period in 2022-2023
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The Cabinet of Ministers has expanded the list of medical products that are mandatory for purchase through the electronic catalog Prozorro Market.
According to the state enterprise “Medical Procurement of Ukraine” (MPU), thus, more than 400 categories of medicines and 92 categories of medical devices will be mandatory for purchase through the electronic catalog.
The relevant changes, enshrined in the government resolution No. 34 regarding medical devices, have already entered into force, while regarding medicines the innovations will be applied from March 1, 2024.
In 2023, more than 1600 customers conducted 13 thousand transactions using Prozorro Market to purchase medicines and medical devices.
The total value of medical goods purchased through electronic catalogs in 2022 amounted to $28 million, in 2023 – $ 2.5 billion.
Prozorro Market electronic catalog works on the principle of the market and is free for customers. With its help, customers can quickly, conveniently and favorably buy products. The medical part of the catalog is administered by specialists from the Ministry of Health.
CABINET OF MINISTERS, Medical Procurement of Ukraine, Prozorro Market
The meeting of shareholders of the insurance company Avangard (Kiev) has decided to increase the authorized capital 4 times, up to UAH 48 mln by conducting an issue for the amount of UAH 36 mln, as reported in the official information of the insurer, placed in the information base of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market (NCSSM).
It is noted that in the course of the closed issue it is planned to place 36 thousand shares with nominal value of UAH 1 th.
IC “Avangard” was registered in November 2004. It specializes on risk insurance.
The shareholders of the company are AVT-Buti LLC (Kiev) 47,51% and six individuals with stakes from 9,5% to 9,8%
Authorized capital – UAH 12 mln.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo have agreed to hold a business forum in the first half of 2024.
“They emphasized the importance of strengthening relations between enterprises and promoting the involvement of Slovak companies in the efforts to rebuild Ukraine. Accordingly, they agreed to convene a business forum in the first half of 2024 with the participation of representatives of the state and regions, business associations and relevant state institutions,” reads a joint statement following the premiers’ meeting in Uzhgorod on Wednesday.
The sides also agreed to hold a meeting of the Ukrainian-Slovak mixed commission on economic, industrial, scientific and technical cooperation and the intergovernmental Ukrainian-Slovak commission on cross-border cooperation as soon as possible.
