Canada has opened its market for Ukrainian products, particularly milk and dairy products, the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection said.
“Thanks to the joint work of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a new market for the sale of Ukrainian products, namely milk and dairy products to Canada has been opened,” the statement said.
Explanation of the requirements of Canadian legislation on producers of dairy products and indicated in the zoo-sanitary certificate are published on the official web-portal of Gosprodpotrebbey.
The form of the certificate for export of milk and dairy products agreed by the competent authorities of both countries can be found on the official website of the State Consumer Service in the section “International Cooperation” in the section “Certificates for export and zoo products”.
To start the export of food products the market operator must apply to the territorial body of the Service at the location of the production facilities.
ArcelorMittal Beryslav (Beryslav, Kherson region), one of ArcelorMittal’s Ukrainian subsidiaries, is increasing its shipment of limestone for ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s steelmaking operations.
According to the company’s press release, the production process was resumed this May after it was forced to stop.
It is specified that the enterprise is located in the village of Arkhangelskoye in Kherson region. It was forced to stop work completely in February 2022 because of the enemy offensive. Since that time, this territory was occupied, but on October 3, soldiers of the 129th Krivoy Rog brigade of territorial defense of the AFU liberated the settlements of Mirolyubovka and Arkhangelskoye.
“The real feat of the military allowed us to return to active work in the spring of 2023. Since March we began to ship the accumulated limestone from our warehouses. This raw material is used by ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih sinter plant for sinter production. Until the end of April the difficult demining of our territory continued, and from May 1 we were able to begin extraction of limestone in the quarry,” – said ArcelorMittal Berislav General Director Leonid Smolyarenko, quoted by the press service, and stressed that the company managed to keep its staff.
In turn, deputy director general of AMKR for production (mining department) Vladimir Tesliuk noted the importance of getting the limestone mining company back to work, because the production processes in the company are interrelated. “Now we are trying to do everything to strengthen the enterprise in Arkhangelsk,” he said.
Since March 2023 “ArcelorMittal Berislav” shipped for Krivoy Rog mining company almost 47 thousand tons of limestone (including stockpiles), production was almost 20 thousand tons. Pre-war limestone shipment volume exceeded 500 thousand tons per year. The projected shipment figure for 2023 is about 200 thousand tons of limestone for the production needs of AMKR.
Tesluk also added that part of the village was in ruins after de-occupation, so AMKR helps to restore its infrastructure.
ArcelorMittal Beryslav” PJSC (earlier – “Beryslav construction materials plant” JSC, established in 1994 by the transformation of the state enterprise of the same name) is mainly engaged in the limestone mining, provides up to 30% of the needs of “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” integrated iron and steel works in this raw material.
ArcelorMittal acquired Beryslavskiy plant of construction materials in July 2010.
ArcelorMittal owns the largest mining and metallurgical plant ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog in Ukraine and also a number of smaller companies, in particular PJSC ArcelorMittal Beryslav.
“ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is the largest producer of rolled steel in Ukraine, specializing in the production of long products, in particular rebar and wire rod.
Import of goods in Jan-Mar 2023 in most important positions to previous period 2021
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No cases or suspected cases of cholera have been registered in Ukraine.
According to the Ministry of Health in its Telegram channel, the results of tests of samples taken both from environmental objects and from patients with signs of acute intestinal infection are negative.
At the same time, the ministry specified that 38 monitoring points of water of surface water bodies (river and sea) along the channel and sea coast in Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions were formed in the regions affected by flooding.
Oil prices are weakly rising on Wednesday after a jump of more than 3% in the previous session.
The previous day, the growth of quotations was contributed by the reduction of one of the key interest rates of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), as well as reports that Beijing is preparing additional measures to stimulate economic activity in the country.
August Brent crude futures on London’s ICE Futures Exchange stood at $74.45 a barrel by 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, up $0.16 (0.22%) from the previous session’s close. Those contracts rose $2.45 (3.4%) to $74.29 a barrel on Tuesday.
The price of WTI futures for July oil grew by $0.08 (0.12%) to $69.5 per barrel at electronic trades of New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) by that time. Contracts rose $2.3 (3.4%) to $69.42 a barrel in the previous session.
“China’s move toward new stimulus provides support for the oil market,” said Schneider Electric analyst Robbie Fraser, quoted by Market Watch. – The Chinese central bank’s key interest rate cut gives hope that policy easing could translate into stronger economic growth this year.”
As reported, the NBK on Tuesday cut the seven-day reverse repo rate to 1.9 percent from 2 percent.
The oil market was also supported by Bloomberg’s report that the U.S. authorities plan to replenish the strategic oil reserve (SPR) by 12 million barrels this year.
Traders’ attention on Wednesday is directed to the meeting of the Federal Reserve. Investors expect that a significant weakening of inflation will allow the Fed to pause in the cycle of tightening monetary policy and keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged (at 5-5.25%) at the June 13-14 meeting, notes Market Watch.
The Ministry of Veterans ineffectively managed the activities of the subordinate centers, as a result of which they provided assistance mainly to other categories of citizens, numerous violations in the activities of the centers were revealed to the amount of 4.6 million UAH.
As the Accounting Chamber reports on its website, this is evidenced by the results of the audit of the effectiveness of the use of state budget funds aimed at the implementation of measures for the rehabilitation and re-adaptation of victims of the Revolution of Dignity, the anti-terrorist operation and the repulsion of the armed aggression against Ukraine.
“Yes, due to the lack of approved standards and protocols for psychological rehabilitation, the victims were treated in sanatoriums with physical therapy, phyto tea and mineral water, spending an average of 13.4 thousand UAH per person per course,” the chamber quotes Deputy Chairman of the Accounting Chamber Andrei Maisner.
Meisner notes that the services of psychological rehabilitation were provided by sanatoriums, which did not meet the established criteria: “psychologists without higher education in specific areas of vocational training, the premises of the institutions are not designed for persons with disabilities, etc.”.
In general, the auditors point out that in 2019-2022 the costs for psychological rehabilitation were reduced in 2.7 times (from 623 to 232 million UAH), while 1.8 times increased the amount of funds for spa treatment (from almost 338 million UAH to 624 million UAH). At the same time for four years 62.5 million hryvnia were not used and returned to the state budget.
“This happened because of overestimating the average cost in the planning of expenditures and allocation of allocations among the administrators of the lower level of funds. And also because of the delay of the Ministry of Veterans with the approval of the procedure of formation, maintenance and access to the Registers of providers of psychological rehabilitation services for veterans and members of their families. Another reason for the return of funds is the participation of these individuals in a large-scale war,” the auditors emphasize.
In addition, the Accounts Chamber emphasizes that the Ministry of Veterans has not developed and approved standards for the provision of psychological rehabilitation services. While providing assistance the psychologists did not use international protocols as none of them are implemented in Ukraine. As a result, the victims received substandard services, and the state budget spent UAH 178 million ineffectively.
