During the period of martial law in Ukraine, the number of enterprises producing products of animal origin that have the right to export their products to the territory of the European Union has increased, their number increased by 33 (or 8.5%) compared to the winter of 2021 – up to 418 from 385.
As reported on the website of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection (Gosprodpotrebsluzhby) on Tuesday, the number of Ukrainian exporters of dairy products increased the most – by 11, fish products – by six, snails and products from them – by five.
“The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, which was concluded in 2014 and entered into force in 2017, provides an opportunity for Ukrainian manufacturers to significantly expand sales markets. The start of Russian aggression did not stop this process, in particular, due to the abolition of duties for Ukrainian goods on territory of the EU for a period of one year, starting from June 4 of the current year.
According to him, among the Ukrainian exporters of products intended for human consumption, there are 72 producers of bee honey, 40 – dairy products, 37 – fish products. Among the exporters of products not intended for human consumption, down and feathers are most exported to the EU – 67, casein – 49, raw hides – 46.
The State Food and Consumer Service recalled that in order to export food products of its own production to the EU, a business entity must submit a request to the territorial body of the Service for approval of export capacities in accordance with Order No. 38 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy dated February 10, 2016.
All settlements in Kharkiv Region have been de-energized due to shelling by the Russian occupants, with six hits on critical infrastructure facilities recorded, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Sinehubov, said.
“We had two arrivals in Kharkiv, four objects in the Chuguev district. All of these are objects of critical energy infrastructure…. There is no light neither in Kharkiv, nor in the region, nor in any of the settlements”, – said Sinegubov on air ICTV.
According to him, the damage is now being studied, after which it will be possible to talk about the terms of their elimination.
Sinegubov predicted that most likely, there will be no electricity until morning, but noted that these terms are very approximate, because experts are still analyzing the nature of the damage. In addition, the situation is complicated by the newly declared airborne alarm, which does not allow to start the restoration work in full.
The Kiev subway has resumed normal traffic after the missile attack on Kiev and a prolonged air alert, the city’s mayor Vitaly Klitschko said.
“At some underground stations, where a lot of people have gathered, passenger disembarkation is resumed gradually,” Klitschko wrote in his Telegram Channel on Tuesday.
According to him, due to the accumulation of people at subway stations that worked as a shelter, the “red line” subway trains ran from the station “Akademgorodok” to the station “Arsenalnaya”, but the disembarkation of passengers beyond the station “Polytechnic Institute” was not made.
In turn, the “green line” of subway plied from “Syrets” station to “Druzhby Narodiv” station, as well as from “Osokorki” to “Krasniy Khutor. The “blue line” of the subway was running in normal mode.
“Now the subway is gradually resuming traffic in the normal mode,” summed up the mayor.
Imports of titanium ores and concentrates fell to 196 tonnes and $115,000 in the ten months of 2022, from 912 tonnes and $889,000 a year previously. Exports grew 38.9% to 273,409 tonnes and 10.5% to $111.27 million.
Bauxite imports fell 77.4% to 945,311 tonnes and 74.8% to $48.119 million.
Imports of nickel ores and concentrates fell 66.5% to 341,268 tonnes and 68.6% to $15.234 million, and manganese ores 60% to 135,069 tonnes and 57.5% to $17.976 million.
Ukraine did not re-export bauxite or export nickel and manganese ores in the ten months of 2022.
Imports of aluminum and its products fell 29.2% to $279.276 million, nickel and nickel products 43% to $55.795 million, zinc and its products 59.9% to $30.490 million, lead and its products 63.8% to $2.65 million and tin and its products 25% to $2.894 million.
Exports of aluminum and its products fell 39.1% to $83.556 million, nickel fell 72.5% to $1.086 million and lead 69.5% to $9.769 million, however zinc exports rose to $1.321 million from $254,000 and tin to $421,000 from $154,000.
Ukrainian imports of copper and copper products plummeted 62% year-on-year in January-October to $54.424 million, Ukrainian media reported, quoting State Customs Service data.
Copper exports fell 56.1% to $76.95 million.
