The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) adopted four decisions recognizing the actions of juice producer TB Fruit Capital LLC as a violation of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition,” the agency reported.
The AMCU noted that in July 2021, the company acquired 100% stakes in the authorized capital of Arsenal Invest Khmelnytsky LLC, Arsenal Investgroup Vinnytsia LLC, Arsenal Investgroup LLC, and Arsenal Investgroup Gorodok LLC without obtaining the necessary permission from the committee. Consequently, the AMCU initiated proceedings for violations related to the company’s implementation of the aforementioned concentrations without prior permission.
The agency reminded that a concentration requiring permission in accordance with Part 1 of Article 24 of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition” is prohibited until permission is granted for its implementation. Until such permission is granted, the participants in the concentration are obliged to refrain from actions that may lead to a restriction of competition and the impossibility of restoring its initial state.
The AMCU recognized such actions of the company as violations of paragraph 12 of Article 50 of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition” in the form of concentrations without obtaining the relevant permits from the committee, the presence of which is necessary, and as a result of considering four cases, fined it a total of UAH 39,103,231.
According to Opendatabot, TB Fruit Capital LLC is registered in the city of Gorodok, Lviv region. It specializes in the production of fruit and vegetable juices, baby food, and the processing and canning of fruits and vegetables. The beneficiary of the company is Taras Koliankovsky.
In its October inflation report, the National Bank of Ukraine increased its estimate for the grain and legume harvest in 2025 to 61.5 million tons from 57.9 million tons in its July report, but lowered its estimate for the oilseed harvest to 19.3 million tons from 21.0 million tons.
“According to the NBU’s assumptions, in 2026-2027, grain and legume harvests will grow thanks to further increases in agricultural productivity and an increase in corn and other grain crops in regions less affected by climate change,” the document says.
However, according to the National Bank, the harvest of oilseeds, which are mainly grown in the southern regions, will be lower due to the negative impact of climate change, exacerbated by the long-term consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant for the region’s irrigation systems.
“The security situation in the frontline regions of the south will continue to have an impact, worsening conditions for the 2026 sowing campaign and slowing down the pace of land demining,” the report also says.
As a result, the National Bank has improved its grain harvest forecast for 2026 from 59.6 million tons to 62.9 million tons, and for 2027 from 60.4 million tons to 63.5 million tons.
At the same time, oilseed harvest expectations have been reduced to 21.4 million tons next year from 22.0 million tons, and to 22.2 million tons in 2027 from 22.8 million tons.
“However, the NBU expects the livestock sector to continue to make a negative contribution to agricultural value added due to a further reduction in livestock numbers (with the exception of poultry),” the report also notes.
According to the State Statistics Service, the volume of early crops (wheat, barley, rapeseed, legumes) as of October 1, 2025, reached 32.6 million tons, while the 2024 harvest yielded 31.9 million tons (+2.1%). The current growth is primarily due to higher yields of wheat (+3.9%) and legumes (+35%), while the barley harvest has practically reached last year’s level (-0.6%), and the rapeseed harvest is 10.7% lower than last year.
Earlier, the Experts Club analytical center made a video analysis of wheat production by the world’s leading countries for the period 1991-2024.
TAS Dniprovagonmash LLC (DVM, Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region), controlled by the TAS financial and industrial group of businessman Serhiy Tihipko, ended January-September 2025 with a loss of UAH 23.7 million, while for the same period in 2024, net profit amounted to UAH 53.9 million.
According to the company’s published interim financial statements, the company’s net income increased by 16.3% to UAH 1 billion 486.5 million.
The company reduced its gross profit by 32.6% to UAH 92.3 million, incurring a loss of UAH 13.7 million from operating activities, compared to a profit of UAH 67.6 million in January-September 2024.
As reported, in the first half of this year, the company incurred a loss of UAH 39.6 million (a year earlier, it had a net profit of UAH 18.8 million) due to a 29.5% decrease in revenue to UAH 561.2 million.
Thus, TAS Dniprovagonmash ended the third quarter of this year with a net profit of almost UAH 16 million, which is 54.4% less than in the same period last year, while net revenue increased by 92.2% to UAH 925.2 million.
The plant notes that in the third quarter, exports accounted for 38.4% of sales, with rolling stock supplied to Lithuania and Croatia.
According to the report, in the third quarter of this year, the plant produced 159 freight cars (compared to 139 in the same period of 2024), with an average selling price of UAH 2,530,900 (compared to UAH 2,782,800 in the second quarter).
The company does not provide the total number of cars produced in nine months, but based on quarterly data, 542 cars were produced, which is 19% more than in the same period last year (456 cars).
TAS Dniprovagonmash’s share in the total production of freight cars in Ukraine in July-September was 90% (in the first quarter – 25.8%, in the second – 46%), and its main competitors remain the Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works (which did not produce freight cars in the third quarter), the Karpaty Research and Mechanical Plant, and Ukrzaliznytsia enterprises.
The plant’s production capacity was utilized at 25% in the second quarter, and its equipment at 29%.
As of the beginning of October this year, the company employed 708 people.
As reported, TAS Dniprovagonmash, which has the capacity to produce 9,000 railcars per year, increased its sales of freight railcars by 63.7% in 2024 compared to 2023, to 606 units, and production by 59.2%, to 602 units.
Last year, the plant increased its net profit by 31.6% to UAH 62.3 million and its net income by 61.8% to UAH 1 billion 743.7 million.
The TAS Group is one of the largest financial and industrial groups in Ukraine, operating in the banking sector, insurance, railcar manufacturing, metallurgy, logistics, agriculture, food industry, packaging materials production, and real estate.
In the third quarter of 2025, the state-owned Oschadbank received UAH 4.19 billion in net profit, which is 38.6% more than in the same period of 2024, while pre-tax profit increased by 7.1% to UAH 5.69 billion.
According to the bank’s financial statements on its website, net interest income increased by 31.8% to UAH 8.19 billion, while net commission income increased by 25.5% to UAH 2.07 billion.
At the same time, Oschadbank incurred a loss of UAH 0.2 billion from transactions with financial instruments at fair value in the third quarter, compared to a profit of UAH 1.37 billion in the same period of 2024, while foreign currency transactions, as in the previous year, brought in UAH 0.29 billion.
Overall, the bank’s operating income for July-September increased by 17.9% to UAH 11.58 billion, while employee compensation expenses increased by 26.4% to UAH 2.70 billion, and other administrative and operating expenses increased by 35.1% to UAH 2.37 billion.
According to the report, the volume of loans provided to the bank’s customers has grown by 10.2% since the beginning of the year, to UAH 148.16 billion.
It is noted that in the third quarter, the bank continued to grow its loan portfolio in the corporate, SME, and retail segments, in particular within the framework of the “Affordable Loans 5–7–9%” and “єОселя” mortgage lending programs. As of September 30, 2025, the gross value of loans provided under the “єОселя” program amounted to UAH 10.79 billion, compared to UAH 8.57 billion at the end of 2024.
Overall, in the first nine months of 2025, the bank increased its net profit by 17.3% to UAH 13.88 billion, which allowed it to reduce its uncovered loss by 2.5 times to UAH 6.93 billion. As a result, since the beginning of the year, Oschadbank’s equity capital has grown by 28.8% and amounted to UAH 44.6 billion as of September 30, 2025, while total assets during this period increased by 6.6% to UAH 456.73 billion.
According to the NBU, as of September 1, 2025, Oschadbank ranked second among 60 banks in Ukraine with assets of UAH 452.24 billion.
Kyiv Electric Locomotive Repair Plant (KEVRZ), part of Ukrzaliznytsia, reported a net profit of UAH 37.1 million in January-September 2025, compared with a loss of UAH 1.5 million in the same period of 2024.
According to the company’s interim financial report published in the NSSMC’s information disclosure system, its net income for the first nine months grew by 66.2% to UAH 1.138 billion.
The plant received UAH 86 million in gross profit compared to UAH 32 million a year earlier, receiving UAH 47.7 million in profit from operating activities compared to UAH 0.86 million.
According to the plant, in the first half of this year, it received almost UAH 19 million in net profit, compared to a loss of UAH 6.2 million in January-June 2024, with net income growing by 41.2% to UAH 692.3 million.
Thus, KEVRZ ended the third quarter of 2025 with a net profit of UAH 18.2 million, almost four times more than in July-September 2024, and net income increased 2.3 times to UAH 445.5 million.
The plant notes that during the reporting period, it sold 36 repaired electric locomotive sections for UAH 1 billion (19 sections in the first half of 2025), 157 wheel sets for UAH 70.2 million, and 309 electric machines for UAH 51.7 million.
KEVRZ was founded in 1868. It specializes in the overhaul of electric trains for Ukrainian railways, the repair of units and assemblies, electric machines, electric motors, and wheel sets, and the manufacture of spare parts.
The plant ended 2024 with a net profit of UAH 16.1 million, which is 31.3% less than in the previous year, with a slight decrease in revenue to UAH 1 billion 268 million. It sold 40 electric sections, 177 wheel sets, 623 traction motors, and auxiliary machines.
Fixygen has prepared a summary of the week (October 27-31) for the cryptocurrency market. For the first time since 2018, Bitcoin ended October with a loss of almost 5%. Ethereum fell 8% over the month, while maintaining an annual growth of about 14%. Activity in altcoin options has risen sharply: traders are increasingly betting on calls for VIRTUAL, AAVE, ADA, and other tokens.
It should be noted that macroeconomics has given a weak impetus to market development: the Federal Reserve has again postponed its forecast for further rate cuts, and delays in economic data due to the shutdown have increased uncertainty.
Risk appetite in the market has declined: after record growth in October to ~$126,000 per Bitcoin, concerns about US-China tariffs and the liquidation of more than $400 billion in cryptocurrency-related positions have returned the market to a state of caution.
Bitcoin retains its status as the “global reserve cryptocurrency,” but volatility is becoming more pronounced: the price broke through the ~$104,000 mark at the beginning of the week, but support remained in the ~$106,000–109,000 range.
Altcoins and options: interest is shifting towards altcoins and derivatives on them. The growth in open interest and the prevalence of call options indicate attempts by market participants to capture momentum in less liquid assets. This could create spikes with strong corrections.
Macro conditions remain the main risk factor: the Fed’s decision, delays in key data, trade friction between the US and China — all this limits the inflow of capital into risky assets, including cryptocurrencies. It also strengthens the correlation between crypto assets and traditional markets.
In the coming weeks, the crypto market may be in a consolidation phase: volatility will remain, but without a clear upward or downward trend until a clear macro signal appears.
If the Fed or another major regulator delivers a positive surprise, a rapid rebound is possible. If the news is negative or absent, another correction to around $100,000 for Bitcoin is possible.
The week of October 27–31 served as a reminder that cryptocurrencies continue to adapt to “big politics” and global economic risks. The market has emerged from record growth at a high price, and now the key words for participants are “careful risk assessment + strategy flexibility.”
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