NAEK Energoatom and Kyivzelenstroy in October became the biggest violators of the localization law, having purchased a total of more than UAH 20 million worth of machine-building goods from foreign manufacturers, Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Development Dmytro Kisilevskyy said with reference to the monitoring of public procurement by the analytical center CMD Ukraine.
“It is impossible not to note the cynicism with which the heads of some state enterprises steal from the Ukrainian state. “Energoatom” directly in the title of the tender as the subject of purchase specifies the Turkish international bus ”AR-Temsa Prestij SX or equivalent.” Can you imagine that, for example, the mayor’s office of Istanbul indicated “Etalon bus of Chernihiv automobile plant or equivalent” as the subject of purchase in its tender?” – wondered the MP on his Facebook page.
He added that “Kyivzelenstroy” also specified a Turkish backhoe loader TLB 870 Mecalak or equivalent as the subject of the purchase.
Kisilevskyy reminded that Ukrainian manufacturers can 100% meet the needs of Ukrainian state institutions and communities, in particular, in buses or excavators.
The parliamentarian once again emphasized that he was sending information about the eight purchases with the most gross violations to the Ministry of Economy and the State Audit Service for response.
Among the eight biggest violators of the localization legislation are the State Enterprise “Ukraine”, which purchased a Turkish bus for UAH 7.15 million, a village council in Dnipropetrovsk region, which bought a Chinese bus JAC Sunray for UAH 1.85 million, as well as other local companies with purchases of a Turkish diesel generator for UAH 1.09 million and a Chinese tractor for UAH 0.62 million.
According to the monitoring data CMD Ukraine, cited by the MP, in October in “Prozorro” published information about 810 purchases of engineering goods worth 10 billion UAH, which are subject to the requirement of localization, with violation of the requirement revealed in 151 tenders (18.6%).
The legislation on localization in 2024 requires in public procurement of machine-building products to contain at least 20% of the component produced in Ukraine. At the same time, new rules for keeping the Register of localized goods have been in force since July 2.
Consumer prices in Turkey increased by 47.09% on an annualized basis in November, the country’s statistical institute (Turkstat) said in a report. The growth rate slowed from 48.58% in October and was the lowest since June 2023. The weakening of inflation was noted at the end of the sixth consecutive month.
The consensus forecast of experts, quoted by Trading Economics, assumed an even more significant slowdown in consumer price growth – to 46.6%.
The increase in the cost of alcohol and tobacco products in November slowed to 39.32% from 52.15% in October, communication services – to 35.71% from 37.77%, utilities – to 74.45% from 89.39%. Prices in hotels, cafes and restaurants rose by 59.39% (+62.09% a month earlier). Meanwhile, food and non-alcoholic beverages rose the most in four months, up 48.57% (+45.28% in October).
Core inflation last month was the lowest since May 2023 at 47.13% compared to 47.75% a month earlier.
Consumer prices in Turkey increased by a five-month low of 2.24% in November relative to the previous month, following an increase of 2.88% in October.
Producer prices (PPI) in the country last month rose by the lowest since February 2021 by 29.47% in annualized terms and by the lowest since May 2023 by 0.66% in monthly terms, Turkstat said. They rose 32.24% and 1.29% in October, respectively.
The Turkish Central Bank has kept its key interest rate at 50% since March this year, and the tight monetary policy has helped ease inflation. Back in June 2023, the rate was at 8.5%. Earlier Expert Club analytical center released another video analysis about the economy of Ukraine and the world. You can see more details here – https://youtu.be/grE5wjPaItI?si=8krsv_56bafIY2h_
Age-sex pyramid of the population of Ukraine for 2024 (thousand people)
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Prices for residential real estate in the UK in November rose by the highest since November 2022 by 3.7% in annual terms, according to a report by the British mortgage company Nationwide Building Society. The indicator has been growing for the tenth month in a row, in October the growth was 2.4%.
The consensus forecast provided by Trading Economics assumed that the growth rate would remain at the October level.
Compared to the previous month, house prices increased by the highest since March 2022 by 1.2% after rising by 0.1% in October and now average 268,144 thousand pounds ($340.2 thousand) per property. This is only 1% below the historical high recorded in 2022.
“The acceleration in house price growth is surprising as affordability remains low by historical standards,” said Robert Gardner, senior economist at Nationwide. ”House prices remain high relative to average earnings and interest rates are well above pre-COVID levels.
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Number of refugees from Ukraine in selected countries as of 31.08.2024
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Population structure of Ukraine (data from Ukrainian institute of future)
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