Carlsberg Group invested UAH 1.5 billion in opening of new production line at Kyiv brewery, which will enable to increase production output in cans by 80%, as the press service of the brewery reported.
“An important player on the world stage and industry leader, Carlsberg believes in Ukraine and is ready to invest in it at a time when Ukraine continues to fight against Russian aggression. This is another example of close Danish-Ukrainian partnership. Denmark is one of the closest partners of Ukraine. We cannot wait for peace to come. We have to start now and create concrete results. This is what Carlsberg does here”, – Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine, said during his visit to the plant on Monday.
According to the report, the peculiarity of the new line is modern technology, full automation, compliance with the safety requirements of the operating personnel and the safety of the product produced on it.
“Safe working conditions, excellent product quality and high technological effectiveness of the production process are our priorities. And the new production line is one of the effective tools that help us to implement these priorities. Carlsberg Group supports us all the time, because it believes not only in us as a business, but also in Ukraine as a whole, “- said Oleg Haidakin, Chief Executive of Carlsberg Ukraine.
Carlsberg Ukraine is a part of Carlsberg Group, one of the leading brewery groups in the world, the products of which are sold in over 150 countries. Carlsberg Group started its operation in Ukraine in 1996 and since then it has invested over EUR 1 billion in the construction of its enterprises, and employs over 1500 people.
Carlsberg Group in Ukraine includes three breweries in Zaporozhye, Kiev and Lvov. At the beginning of the war the company suspended operations at all three breweries. In 2023 the company gradually resumed the work of the breweries: in March the Lviv brewery was launched where at first only water was produced for humanitarian needs, then in May – the Kiev brewery, in July – the Zaporozhye brewery.
Carlsberg portfolio in Ukraine includes beer, cider and soft drinks such brands as “Lvivske”, Robert Doms, Baltika, Carlsberg, Tuborg, Kronenbourg 1664, “Arsenal”, “Kvas Taras”, Somersby, Guinness, Seth & Riley’s Garage, Warsteiner, Grimbergen and others.
Oil prices are falling on Tuesday on signals that the stimulus measures in China are not enough to push the country’s economy and demand for oil to robust growth.
The day before, analysts at several investment banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. worsened forecasts for the Chinese economy.
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC, the country’s central bank) on Tuesday lowered its benchmark one-year lending rate (LPR) by 10 basis points (bps) to 3.55% per year. The rate on five-year loans was lowered to 4.2 percent from 4.3 percent per annum, the NBK said in a statement. The rates were lowered for the first time since August 2022.
August Brent crude futures on London’s ICE Futures exchange were at $75.82 a barrel by 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, down $0.27 (0.35%) from the previous session’s closing price. Those contracts fell $0.52 (0.7%) to $76.09 a barrel on Monday.
The price of WTI crude futures for July at electronic trades of NYMEX fell by $0.9 (1.25%) to $70.88 per barrel by that time. The day before, WTI was not traded in the main due to a holiday in the U.S.
Oil prices may end in the negative for the second quarter in a row on the background of sufficient supply in the market and expectations of weakening demand in the context of tightening of monetary policy by the world’s major central banks.
The rate of climate warming in Europe since the 1980s is faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Monday.
“Since the 1980s, the rate of warming in Europe has been twice the global average, with far-reaching effects on the region’s socio-economic structure and ecosystems,” the WMO said in a press release for its State of the Climate in Europe 2022 report.
It is noted that the air temperature in Europe last year was about 2.3 degrees Celsius above the average pre-industrial level (1850-1900), which is used as a baseline under the Paris Agreement on Climate.
At the same time, the report said, for the first time in the EU, the amount of energy produced by renewable sources exceeded that produced by natural gas.
“For the first time in the EU, more electricity was produced from wind and solar than from natural gas,” said WMO Secretary General Professor Petteri Taalas.
The study also indicated that last year “sea surface temperatures in Europe reached new highs, accompanied by sea heat waves,” and there was “unprecedented melting of glaciers.”
According to the report, Europe had its warmest summer on record in 2022.
Scheduled business audits by state tax service in 2023
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
The Ukrainian government has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to create the “Ukrainian-African Trade Mission” LLC, which will ensure the foreign economic interests of Ukraine in African states and provide advisory services for humanitarian aid.
According to the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk in Telegram, the relevant decision was taken at the government meeting on Monday.
LLC “Ukrainian-African Trade Mission” will operate on a permanent basis, owned 100% by the state. The authority to manage corporate rights is vested in the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. The statutory fund of the enterprise is 1 thousand hryvnias.
The Ministry of Digital Economy adjusted the list of countries whose entrepreneurs will become the first e-residents in Ukraine: it includes Slovenia, India, Pakistan and Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister – head of the Ministry of Digital Economy Mikhail Fedorov said on Twitter.
“Our team continues to work on the e-residency program. This will allow foreigners to remotely conduct business and pay taxes in Ukraine. The first group of countries has been approved: Slovenia, India, Pakistan and Thailand. That’s not all, while we are finalizing the legal framework,” Fedorov wrote on Twitter on Monday.
Earlier it was reported that five countries of IT-service providers for outsourcing – India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and the Philippines – have been tentatively identified as the target audience of the Ukrainian “e-residency”.
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation on IT Alexander Bornyakov noted on his Facebook page that after the full launch of the program the citizens of these four countries can register as entrepreneurs in Ukraine and pay taxes to the state budget in the “online” mode. Also, remotely manage their businesses and bank accounts. He noted that with the expansion of the program the list of countries will be added.
“The program should fully run this year – now the legal framework is being finalized and the information system is being tested. Step by step we turn Ukraine into a hub for innovative entrepreneurs from all over the world,” Boryakov wrote.
In the Ministry of Finance point out that now the information system e-resident is being tested.
The Ministry also reminded that e-residency of Ukraine will not be available for citizens of Russia, Belarus and the countries included in the “gray” or “black” list of FATF.
In addition, e-residents will not be able to provide services to Ukrainian citizens, that is, will work exclusively with other foreigners.
It was also reported that the law with the amendments to the Tax Code and several other laws on peculiarities of taxation of business activities of e-residents – e-resident – came into force on April 1. When working as an “e-resident” will pay tax of 5% of income within the limit of FLP Group 3, and above the limit – 15%, but only on foreign contracts for the export of services.
As of April 1, National Bank of Ukraine gave e-residents the right to open current bank accounts, implementing the norm of the law of October 6, 2022 “On peculiarities of taxation of business activities of e-residents”.
The Ministry of Finance has been working on the “e-residency” project since 2019. “E-resident” is a special status of a foreign citizen in Ukraine, which opens him access to information and advisory services, simplifies procedures for obtaining administrative services and entering into civil law agreements. It also allows him to establish a business in Ukraine remotely.
Earlier, Boryakov said that at the first stage of the project it will be possible to register only in the form of sole proprietorship, but in the future there will be opportunities to register legal entities in the form of a limited liability company (LLC).
