Ukrainian enterprises increased exports of ferrous scrap by 54.5% in January-October this year compared to the same period last year, up to 226,970 thousand tons from 146,927 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, 24.549 thousand tons of scrap were exported in October, 24.767 thousand tons in September, 28.425 thousand tons in August, and 24.425 thousand tons in July. tons, in July – 24,702 thousand tons, in June – 22,161 thousand tons, in May – 14,952 thousand tons, in April – 26,153 thousand tons, in March – 20,907 thousand tons, in February – 23,194 thousand tons, in January – 17,160 thousand tons.
In monetary terms, scrap exports increased by 70.7% to $71.862 million from $42.088 million.
In January-October, Ukraine exported scrap mainly to Poland (84.70%), Greece (11.53%) and Germany (3.40%).
For the first ten months of the year, the country imported 90 tons of scrap for $104 thousand, while in January-October 2023, 793 tons of scrap were imported for $301 thousand. Imports this year were carried out mainly from Turkey (68.27% in monetary terms), the British Virgin Islands (13.46%) and Panama (6.73%).
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine’s scrap collecting enterprise increased scrap exports from the country by 3.4 times compared to the previous year – up to 182,485 thousand tons from 53,557 thousand tons. In monetary terms, exports increased 2.74 times to $52.723 million from $19.271 million.
Earlier, Ukrmetallurgprom President Oleksandr Kalenkov stated in a column on the Interfax-Ukraine website that scrap is exported through the European Union, which has a preferential export duty of EUR3 per ton, and from there the raw materials are redirected to real customers. He noted that exporting raw materials directly to customers would cost EUR180 in export duties, and the Ukrainian budget has already lost UAH 350 million.
The head of Ukrmetallurgprom called for a temporary ban on the export of ferrous scrap to provide steelmakers with strategically important raw materials during the war. He also clarified that a ton of scrap metal processed into steel brings in 10 times more to the budget than the EU export duty, which is about $300 per ton.
In 2022, Ukraine reduced exports of ferrous scrap by 11.5 times compared to the previous year, to 53,557 thousand tons, and in monetary terms, it decreased by 12.4 times, to $19.271 million.
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines operated 44.7% more charter flights from April 1 to October 31, a period traditionally considered the summer demand season, than in the same period last year, its press service reported on LinkedIn on Wednesday.
According to SkyUp, the number of charter flights reached 10,129 thousand, carrying 1.52 million passengers.
Under ACMI contracts, the company worked with Wizz Air, HiSky, Arkia Israeli airlines, US-Bangla Airlines Ltd. and Israir Airlines.
Flights were operated to 49 countries.
SkyUp is developing new markets in Asia, Africa, and North America. At the same time, in the summer season of 2024, Egypt was the leader in the destinations (from April 1 to October 31, 1,526 charter flights were operated), Romania (1,445) and Moldova (923), the report says.
Earlier it was reported that in January-August, SkyUp operated 27% more charter flights than in the same period last year – 2.7 thousand.
SkyUp’s website reports that the airline is ready to engage eight medium-haul Boeing 737-800 and two medium-haul Boeing 737-700 aircraft, the average age of which is 14 years, for charter flights. It is also noted that the airline’s operations in 2018 began with a charter program. Then a regular program was launched, and until the outbreak of a full-scale war, the airline successfully developed on a hybrid model. SkyUp cooperated with the largest tour operators in Ukraine and operated year-round charter programs for them. The carrier’s strategic partner is the JoinUP brand!
The company is authorized by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to operate flights to the European Union and has the right to operate commercial flights to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In June 2022, SkyUp Airlines received an operating permit from Switzerland.
Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar and one of the largest volunteer foundations “Come Back Alive” have accumulated UAH 54.8 million as part of the fundraising for demining of Ukraine’s territories “We Live Here 2.0”.
“Demining of territories remains a critical issue to restore safe life in Ukraine. We plan to close the urgent needs of demining units to the amount of UAH 100 million, providing them with modern Ukrainian equipment,” Taras Chmut, director of the ‘Back Alive’ fund, was quoted as saying in a press release on Tuesday.
Kyivstar clarified that UAH 17.8 million of the mentioned amount was collected at the expense of subscribers who connected the charitable Superpower “Aid to the AFU” or SMS-subscription.
To support the collection, directly the mobile operator transferred 30 million UAH of its own funds.
“We are grateful to everyone who supported the initiative and made a contribution to demining the country, our goal is 100 million UAH. We call on all those who are not indifferent to join the initiative and support the sappers”, – commented CEO of ‘Kyivstar’ Alexander Komarov.
It is noted that the collected funds will be used to provide sappers of the AFU Support Force with Ukrainian-made robotic complexes, transportation and communications.
According to him, the collection includes the transfer of 16 reconnaissance and logistics robotic complexes “Tarakan” (64 vehicles), 8 robotic complexes “Termit” (32 vehicles), 28 vehicles, 4 maintenance workshops, 28 REB vehicles, 100 radios of various types, 1 Vampire drone with thermal imaging cameras for remote demining, as well as 96 drones of various types for sappers’ awareness and related equipment.
It is specified that also the first Ukrainian superpop for dog and cat owners – Bubibo – joined the collection, which within the framework of the project collects UAH 1 million and attracts cats and dogs to support the deminers.
Passenger flow through western border of Ukraine in july 2024, thousand
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received credentials from the newly appointed ambassadors of four countries in Ukraine: Greece – Panteles Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos, Albania – Ernal Filo, Japan – Masashi Nakagome and Egypt – Barakat Ali Elleiti.
According to the website of the Ukrainian head of state on Tuesday, during a meeting with the Greek ambassador Volodymyr Zelensky noted the high level of bilateral relations and thanked for defense support. The President spoke about the main needs in military assistance, primarily in air defense, artillery and armored vehicles.
In his conversation with the Ambassador of Albania, the President of Ukraine thanked the government and people of Albania for their constant support since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation
Separately, he noted that it is important to sign a bilateral security agreement as soon as possible. “We had consultations on the bilateral security agreement. We hope that with your help we will prepare the document for signing as soon as possible,” Zelensky said.
During the meeting with the Japanese ambassador, the President noted his country’s support for Ukraine and the development of the current bilateral cooperation, expressed readiness for further intensification of dialog at all levels, and discussed current challenges for Ukraine.
The head of state emphasized that it is important to strengthen cooperation with Japan in the security sphere on information exchange and ways of joint response to the participation of North Korean military in the war against Ukraine. “Today the situation with North Korea, its troops on the Russian side requires a response – we need Japan’s support,” Zelensky said.
In a conversation with the Egyptian ambassador, the President noted that Ukraine is interested in the activation of bilateral dialog, the early resumption of trade and economic cooperation, as well as the implementation of specific projects in the field of food security. The head of state also emphasized that it is important to involve Egypt in the promotion of the Formula World, in particular, joining the General Communiqué.
“Now we have defensive developments and are ready to develop in this direction. We have an initiative on food security “Grain from Ukraine” and we hope that Egypt will join this mission,” – said Zelensky.
The State Air Traffic Service Enterprise of Ukraine (UkSATSE) has announced a tender for voluntary insurance of medical expenses of UkSATSE employees traveling abroad. According to information on the ProZorro portal, the price offer amounts to UAH 199.999 thousand. Documents for participation in the tender are accepted until November 20.
“Ukraerorukh” was established in 1992. It provides a full range of air navigation services: air traffic service, organization of air traffic flows, airspace organization and management, radio technical support of communication, navigation and surveillance, provision of meteorological and aeronautical information for all types of flights.
