Quotes of interbank currency market of Ukraine (UAH for 1 pln, in 01.12.2024-31.12.2024)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua
In January-March 2025, imports of aluminum and aluminum products increased by 18.5% to $116.75 million, including $42.16 million in March.
Exports during this period increased by 35.5% to $31.7 million ($11.74 million in March). At the end of 2024, imports amounted to $446 million (+21.7%), while exports amounted to $124.4 million (+27.4%).
Aluminum is widely used as a structural material. The main advantages of aluminum are its lightness, stamping resistance, corrosion resistance, high thermal conductivity, and non-toxicity of its compounds. In particular, these properties have made aluminum extremely popular in the production of cookware, aluminum foil in the food industry, and packaging. The first three properties have made aluminum the main raw material in the aviation and aerospace industries (recently it has been replaced by composite materials, primarily carbon fiber). After the construction and production of packaging, such as aluminum cans and foil, the energy sector is the largest consumer of the metal.
DCH Steel of businessman Alexander Yaroslavsky’s DCH Group, which concentrates the company’s mining and metallurgical assets, increased its payments of taxes and duties to budgets of all levels by 7.2% year-on-year to UAH 173.4 million in January-March this year.
According to a report in DCH Steel’s corporate newspaper on Thursday, the total amount of payments made by Sukha Balka Mine is UAH 96.9 million. The largest part of the payments is the rent for the use of subsoil for mining – UAH 49.3 million. The company paid UAH 18.3 million in unified social contribution (USC), UAH 17.1 million in personal income tax (PIT), UAH 5 million in land rent, and UAH 4.8 million in military duty.
Dnipro Metallurgical Plant’s (DMZ) contribution amounted to UAH 76.5 million, including UAH 25.2 million in land rent, UAH 22.2 million in unified social tax, UAH 21.1 million in personal income tax, and UAH 5.9 million in military duty.
As reported, in 2024, DMZ reduced its tax payments by 24.1% to UAH 498.9 million compared to 2023, while Sukha Balka mine (Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro region) paid UAH 404.5 million in taxes.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, cast iron, rolled products and products made from them. On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy DMZ from Evraz.
Sukha Balka mine is one of the leading mining companies in Ukraine. It produces iron ore by underground mining. It includes Yubileynaya and Frunze mines. DCH Group acquired the mine from Evraz Group in May 2017.
On April 18, the State Protection Department (UDO) of Ukraine announced a tender for the purchase of voluntary motor vehicle insurance (CASCO), according to the Prozorro electronic public procurement system.
The expected cost of the services is UAH 2.653 million. No bid security is required.
The deadline for submitting bids is April 28.
The winner of a similar tender a year earlier was Ultra Alliance Insurance Company.
Ukraine has received the last 20 of 200 KIA BONGO ambulances as part of a humanitarian donation from the Government of the Republic of Korea.
According to the Ministry of Health, the total cost of all the vehicles donated in cooperation between the Korean Embassy in Ukraine and the Ministry of Health is over $12 million.
The donated vehicles are fully equipped with modern medical equipment necessary to save patients’ lives at the scene and during transportation to medical facilities. Each vehicle is equipped with defibrillator monitors, oxygen supply systems, trauma equipment, stretchers and emergency medicines.
The Ministry of Health emphasizes that since the beginning of the war, the enemy has destroyed or damaged more than 600 ambulances in Ukraine.
In total, thanks to the support of international partners, Ukraine has already received more than 1,500 ambulances, 73 of which are armored.
The renewal of the ambulance fleet began in 2020-2021, even before the full-scale invasion: 895 ambulances were purchased at the expense of the state budget. They ensured the stable operation of the system in the first difficult months of the war.
The Ministry of Health reminds that Ukrainian medical institutions have recently received 100 modern ultrasound diagnostic systems and 30 mobile X-ray fluoroscopic systems from the Government of the Republic of Korea as part of humanitarian aid.
Raiffeisen Bank has opened its fourth underground service area in a shelter in Sumy.
“This is our contribution to ensuring that financial stability remains accessible even in the most difficult conditions,” Artem Nidzelsky, the bank’s retail banking director, was quoted as saying in a press release on Friday.
The underground branch is located in the seventh branch in Sumy at 1 Pokrovska Street.
This is the second such branch in Sumy. Earlier, similar branches of Raiffeisen Bank were opened in Kharkiv and Dnipro. Residents of Sumy can receive a full range of banking services.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, at the beginning of the year, Raiffeisen Bank ranked 4th (UAH 238.9 billion) among 61 banks in the country in terms of total assets. The financial institution’s net profit as of that date amounted to UAH 222.3 billion.
