Farmers of Bila Tserkva and Fastiv districts of Kyiv region have started harvesting grain crops this year, according to the website of Kyiv Regional Military Administration.
According to it, by July 12, some 6,800 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops have already been harvested in the region from an area of 2,420 hectares with an average yield of 28.1 centners per hectare. As for crops of winter barley, 4,600 tonnes have been threshed, peas – 2,200 tonnes.
In addition, the harvesting of winter rapeseed has begun, of which 7,200 tonnes have already been harvested with an average yield of 24 centners per hectare.
The local authorities clarified that in 2022 it is planned to harvest early cereals and legumes on a total area of 271,300 hectares, including winter and spring wheat – 203,300 hectares, barley – 50,300 hectares, rye – 10,800 hectares, oat – 2,900 ha and peas – 4,000 ha.
Foreign exchange earnings from the export of agricultural products from Ukraine from March to May, during the three months of the war with the Russian Federation, are approximately comparable to the export figures for one pre-war month, Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine Mykola Solsky said in an interview with AgroPolit.
According to him, in January 2022, Ukraine exported agricultural products worth $3.14 billion, in February – $2.54 billion, in March – $0.84 billion, in April – $0.9 billion, and in May – $1.21 billion.
“We see that foreign exchange earnings from the agro-industrial complex during the war fell threefold … That is, in March-May, agricultural exports amounted to $ 2.95 billion, while this was the traditional amount for one month (before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation – IF-U)”, Solsky emphasized.
As reported with reference to the Deputy Minister of Economy – Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka, Ukraine in the 2021/2022 marketing year (MY) exported 61.52 million tons of grain and oilseeds worth $22.2 billion.
According to him, wheat exports amounted to 18.7 million tons worth $4.8 billion, corn – 23.54 million tons worth $5.8 billion, barley – 5.74 million tons worth $1.3 billion.
Kachka added that the export of 4.3 million tons of sunflower oil brought $5.8 billion, 3.4 million tons of sunflower meal – $960 million tons and 421 thousand tons of soybean meal – $230 million.
According to him, 1.1 million tons of soybeans for $641 million, 2.7 million tons of rapeseed for $1.7 billion and 1.09 million tons of sunflower seeds for $616 million were also exported.
AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, EARNINGS, EXPORT, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, PRODUCTS
Agro-industrial group of companies “Ovostar Union”, one of the leading producers of eggs and egg products in Ukraine, intends to refuse accrual and payment of dividends for 2021, and direct retained earnings for this period in the amount of $1.65 million to replenish working capital funds.
The company’s shareholders are invited to approve such a distribution of profits at the annual meeting on August 3, according to Ovostar’s report on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
In addition, shareholders of the agro-industrial group are invited not to pay remuneration to members of its board of directors for 2021, as well as to call a tender to select an audit company for the preparation of the company’s financial statements for 2022.
The Ovostar Union group of companies is a vertically integrated public holding company, one of the leading producers of chicken eggs and egg products in Europe. The manufacturer has been a certified exporter to EU countries since 2015.
The holding company of the group is Ovostar Union N.V. in mid-June 2011, it held an IPO of 25% of the shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and raised $33.2 million. The majority stake in the company is owned by Prime One Capital Limited, which is controlled by its CEO Boris Belikov and chairman of the board of directors Vitaly Veresenko.
At the end of 2021, Ovostar received $1.65 million in net profit, which is 38% less compared to 2020. Its EBITDA fell 29% to $5.7 million, while revenue increased 35% to $133.3 million.
The money supply in Ukraine (aggregate M3) increased by 1.4% in June, or by UAH 30.5 billion, to UAH 2 trillion 151.6 billion after a decrease by 0.1% in May and growth by 2.4% and 2.6% respectively in April and March, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported.
According to his data, deposits over the past month increased by 2.4%, or by UAH 35.1 billion – up to UAH 1 trillion 520.2 billion, while in May their volume increased by only 0.3% after an increase of 3. 2-3.6% in April-March.
Unlike previous months, this happened both due to hryvnia deposits, which increased by 1.8%, or by UAH 18.9 billion – up to UAH 1 trillion 39.8 billion, and due to foreign currency deposits, which increased by 3.5% , or by UAH 16.2 billion – up to UAH 480.4 billion.
In May, hryvnia deposits decreased by 0.2%, while foreign currency deposits increased by 1.4%, while in April and March, hryvnia deposits grew rapidly – by 4.7% and 7.5%, respectively.
The NBU indicates that the monetary base (reserve funds) in June decreased by 1.3%, or by UAH 9.6 billion, to UAH 729.4 billion, after a slight increase of 0.4% in May.
At the same time, cash in circulation outside banks (M0) over the past month decreased by 0.8% (in May – by 0.9%), or by UAH 5 billion – to UAH 629.4 billion.
Reserve money of banks, which grew by 8.8% in May, decreased by 4.4% in June to UAH 100 billion.
Over the past month, banks increased investments in certificates of deposit from UAH 163.4 billion to UAH 189.4 billion, slightly reducing funds on correspondent accounts – from UAH 57.3 billion to UAH 56 billion and cash at the box office – from UAH 47.3 billion to UAH 44 billion
The volume of loans after an increase in May by 0.8% in June decreased by 1.3%, or by UAH 13.7 billion, to UAH 1 trillion 26.9 million. At the same time, as a month earlier, both hryvnia loans decreased by 1%, or by UAH 7.5 billion, to UAH 777.4 billion, and foreign currency loans, by 2.4%, or by UAH 6.2 billion. up to UAH 249.5 billion
In general, over the first half of this year, the money supply in Ukraine increased by 3.9%, the base – by 10.1%, cash outside banks – by 8.3%.
Deposits in hryvnia for January-June increased by 2.5%, in foreign currency – by 1.3%. Hryvnia loans increased by 5.4%, while foreign currency loans fell by 14.4%.
As reported, the money supply in Ukraine in 2021 increased by 12%, the base – by 11.2%, cash outside banks – by 12.5%.
The deposit portfolio of banks last year grew by 11.9% due to a jump in hryvnia by 21.4%, while in foreign currency it decreased by 4.1%. The loan portfolio of banks in 2021 increased by 9% due to an increase in hryvnia loans by 23.7%, while foreign currency loans decreased by 16.2%.
Civilian casualties from February 24, when Russia started the war against Ukraine, to 24:00 on July 11 amounted to 11,544 civilians (as of July 3 – 11,152), including 5,024 dead (4,889), the Office of the UN High Commissioner reported Human Rights Council (OHCHR) on Tuesday.
“Most of the reported civilian deaths or injuries were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a large area of effect, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes,” the document notes on UN data.
This is the case, for example, in Mariupol (Donetsk region), Izyum (Kharkiv region), Lysychansk, Popasna and Severodonetsk (Luhansk region), where numerous civilian deaths or injuries were reported.
According to confirmed UN data, 1905 men, 1316 women, 161 boys and 141 girls died, while the sex of 41 children and 1460 adults has not yet been determined.
Among the 6,520 wounded were 202 boys and 144 girls, as well as 187 children whose gender has not yet been determined.
Compared to July 3, eight children were killed and 12 more were injured.
If earlier the OHCHR report on the number of casualties was published daily, and then only on weekdays, now it has become a weekly one. In this report, as in the previous one, data are also given by months.
According to them, the deadliest month for civilians was March, with a minimum of 3,028 deaths, while in April their number dropped to 660, in May to 453 and in June to 361.
From 1 to 11 July, according to the UN, 159 people died, while in the first five days of the war from 24 to 28 February – 336.
According to the report, in July, 157 people died from explosive weapons with a large impact zone and another 364 were injured, while mines and explosive remnants of war – respectively 2 and 2 (1% of total casualties).
The summary also traditionally states that increases from the previous report should not be attributed only to cases after 3 July, as during this period the Office verified a number of cases from previous days.
The US Agency for International Assistance (USAID) is launching a 5-year, $45 million project to strengthen Ukraine’s healthcare system, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said.
“This assistance will include crisis response, mental health services and more in line with First Lady (Elena) Zelenska’s Mental Health Initiative,” Brink tweeted following a meeting with Health Minister Viktor Lyashko.
Earlier on Tuesday, Ukraine also received a $1.7 billion grant from the United States through USAID to support the Medical Guarantee Program (SGP), in particular, to pay salaries to doctors.
According to the USAID website, the agency has provided $4 million in direct budget support to the government of Ukraine. These resources have helped the Ukrainian government continue to perform essential functions, such as providing gas and electricity to hospitals, schools and other critical infrastructure, supporting the delivery of humanitarian supplies citizens and continue to pay the salaries of civil servants and teachers. weiterhin wichtige Funktionen zu erfüllen, wie die Versorgung von Krankenhäusern, Schulen und anderen kritischen Infrastrukturen mit Gas und Strom. die Lieferung von humanitären Hilfsgütern an die Bürger zu unterstützen und weiterhin die Gehälter von Beamten und Lehrern zu zahlen.
