Associations of Ukrainian manufacturers call on the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine to introduce a moratorium on raising tariffs for rail freight for the period of martial law and 6 months. after its termination.
“There was no real discussion between shippers and the carrier about a compromise solution to increase tariffs – we were simply presented with a fact. When Ukrzaliznytsia announced the discussion of raising tariffs by 70%, the order to increase tariffs had already been signed. We had specific proposals: to introduce a moratorium for the period of martial law and 6 months after on the increase in tariffs within the borders of Ukraine, and all related services,” said Ludmila Kripka, executive director of the Ukrcement association, at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Thursday.
According to her, UZ did not take into account the transportation of raw materials, coal, fillers in the infrastructure component of transportation, and did not include the tariff distance, which is why the cost of the final product will increase more significantly than in the carrier’s forecast.
“The impact on the cost of the final product will be much higher than presented by UZ. On the example of cement: for us, the main raw material is limestone, and there the highest figure is 55%. Other industries fell into the values of 0-13%,” Kripka said.
In addition, from August 1, the calculation for the use of wagons will be changed to the actual one instead of the planned one, which will also increase the costs of shippers due to delays in border crossings, the expert noted.
Oleg Misyuk, a representative of the Ukrainian Association of the Limestone Industry, pointed out that the decision to raise tariffs would have a significant impact on the lime market, which is already undergoing a significant decline in production volumes.
“Before the war, the cost of delivery from the west of Ukraine to the Dnieper was 400 UAH per ton, now it is 650 UAH. With a producer price of up to 300 UAH / t, the consumer overpays another 200-250 UAH from July 1. In general, lime production has fallen from pre-war 1, 2 million tons per month to 350 thousand tons in May-June. The decision of UZ to increase tariffs will hit the market even harder, we expect a fall by another 30-40%,” he said.
The expert also noted that the increase in tariffs may put Ukrainian lime producers in a non-competitive position in front of foreign companies interested in entering the Ukrainian market.
At the same time, the increase in the cost of logistics for grain exporters, coupled with the blocking of Ukrainian ports, can play a decisive role in the bankruptcy of most agricultural producers, says Nikolai Gorbachev, president of the Ukrainian Grain Association.
“With this increase in tariffs, the logistics to the port of Constanta in Romania is already $180. The price for a loaded vessel is about $240 per ton. Thus, the agricultural producer needs to sell barley from the elevator for $50-60. The cost of growing it is more than $160. He will not receive even a third of his costs, so he will not carry out any sowing campaign in August. This will lead to the bankruptcy of most agricultural producers,” he said.
The Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloys and Other Electrometallurgical Products also opposed the increase in tariffs.
“Ferroalloys are cargo of the third tariff class, and are transported by rail only accompanied by guards paid by the hour. And given the change in the logistics of transportation due to the war, cargo in some directions is on the road 9-10 times longer than before the war” – explained the head of the association Sergey Kudryavtsev.
Meanwhile, transportation of ferroalloy products was cost-effective for UZ even with tariffs before the increase, he added.
Metallurgical enterprises are currently not operating at full capacity, many of them have been stopped and destroyed, while they continue to pay wages to workers, said Alexander Kalenkov, head of the Ukrmetallurgprom association.
Israeli businessman Zafar Ahimov has purchased two NeoPuff RD-900 breathing resuscitators with compressors for two Ukrainian regional perinatal centers.
As Ahimov told the Interfax-Ukraine agency, during June the equipment was delivered to the Chernihiv city maternity hospital and the Ivano-Frankivsk regional perinatal center.
Resuscitators provide the possibility of respiratory support for prematurely born children directly in the delivery rooms immediately after birth. The further medical prognosis and the results of nursing children in critical conditions depend on high-quality and timely medical care for babies in the first, as doctors say, “golden minutes of life”.
In addition, resuscitators make it possible to provide emergency medical measures during air raids in specially equipped maternity shelters.
Ahimov is an Israeli citizen, in Ukraine he is engaged in investments in commercial real estate and construction.
The majority of medical experts, who had fled abroad due to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, have come back and continue to work, practitioners and experts in the sphere of medicine said during a roundtable discussion hosted by the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency on Thursday.
“For the moment, 98% of personnel are in place. Some of them left for western Ukraine or abroad in the first months of the war, however, today almost all of them have come back and continue to work,” Head of the Department of Cardiometabolic Diseases of the Clinic for Adults of the State Institution “Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine,” PhD in Medical Sciences Yevhen Marushko said.
“Speaking about the personnel of the Filatov Institute, almost none of our employees left. Some 99% of our personnel stay here. There is a shortage of specialists in very specific profiles as there are few of them all over the country. If specialists, whom we already lack, leave, this has a negative impact on the level of medical assistance,” ophthalmologist of the highest category, head of the department of inflammatory pathologies of the eye and microsurgical treatment of their consequences at state institution “Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” Oleksandra Zborovska said.
In turn, Business Development Director of ADONIS medical group of companies Svitlana Lonska said that the majority of the personnel of private medical institutions have returned, while those who are abroad also plan to come back soon.
Despite the fact that a maternity hospital was destroyed during large-scale military operations in Kyiv region, the doctors did not suspend their work and had to deliver babies under emergency conditions, she stressed.
At the same time, Head of the Department of Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy of the National University of Health Protection, owner of the Nephrology Clinic, Professor Dmytro Ivanov noted that the doctors and senior staff, who have returned to Ukraine, thus proved the level of their reliability.
“In the first two months we lost more than 60% of doctors and around 75% nurses in Kyiv in the first two months. Almost no medical personnel remained in the districts of Ukraine where military operations were conducted. Around 90% of medical staff have returned as of today. I think this could be considered a criteria of reliability of doctors and senior staff, for example, heads of departments and chief doctors,” Ivanov said.
Chief Physician of the National Cancer Institute, PhD in Medical Sciences Andriy Beznosenko said that the patient flow significantly reduced at the National Center Institute in the first month of the war.
“We received 150 patients during the first month of the war, while last year we received 2,700 patients during the same period of time,” he said.
The expert also noted that the specialists of the National Cancer Institute do the utmost to monitor the situation with the oncology centers in the temporarily occupied territories.
“Today, Kherson, Melitopol, Mariupol oncology centers and the one in Krasnyi Luch are under occupation. They lack personnel and there are patients there. But there are no medicines for treatment and we are unable to deliver them,” Beznosenko said.
Customs revenues in June increased by 33% compared to May, to UAH 12.69 billion, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, deputy head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, said.
“The results of the work of customs in June: receipts amounted to UAH 12.69 billion. On the one hand, this is already 33%, or UAH 3.1 billion more than received in May from customs,” he said on the Telegram channel on Thursday .
Zheleznyak recalled that import exemptions were still in effect in June, which means that the June customs results indicate a gradual resumption of economic activity.
“On the other hand, such an income is only a third (32%) of what was supposed to come from customs in peacetime – the plan was UAH 34 billion,” Zheleznyak said.
Due to the full-scale Russian invasion and the inability to guarantee security, pilgrims will not be able to arrive in Ukraine to celebrate the new year according to the Jewish calendar (Rosh Hashanah), the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel reports.
“Due to the Russian war in Ukraine, visitors will not be able to enter the country. Every year on the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, visitors from Israel and around the world fly to Ukraine to pray at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and other holy places . This year, due to the ongoing Russian war, the celebration of Rosh Hashanah has not been determined,” the Facebook post said.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk addressed the Orthodox media in Israel about a trip to Ukraine during the upcoming Jewish holidays.
“Due to fears for the lives and well-being of those coming to Ukraine and in light of the flagrant Russian war in our country, despite all efforts, we cannot guarantee the safety of pilgrims and currently do not allow tourists and visitors to enter Ukraine,” the mill said. .
He also urged to pray “for the war in Ukraine to end before Rosh Hashanah, which broke out due to flagrant and brutal Russian aggression, and pray for the victory of Ukraine.”
Every autumn, in the city of Uman, Cherkasy region, where the grave of the leader of the Bratslav Hasidim, Tzadik Nakhman, is located, Hasidic pilgrims from all over the world arrive to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.
Nova Poshta Global (part of the Nova Poshta group of companies) is changing tariffs for international shipments and delivery from international online stores from July 7, the company’s press service reported on Thursday.
So, “Nova Poshta Global” extends the period of validity of the “Things from Home Abroad” service with discounts from 30% to 75%. Customers can send personal items to 25 countries in Europe, and the amount of the discount depends on the delivery zone that the country belongs to.
The tariff for the delivery of personal belongings to Poland within the framework of this service is reduced by 33%. Now the delivery of a shipment from Ukraine to Poland will be: up to 2 kg – UAH 600 instead of UAH 800, up to 10 kg – UAH 900 instead of UAH 1.2 thousand, up to 30 kg – UAH 1.5 thousand instead of UAH 2 thousand ., up to 70 kg – 3 thousand UAH.
At the same time, due to the doubling of the price of fuel, including aviation fuel, the tariff for “Global Delivery” to/from the United States is increased by 20%, from other countries and territories of the world – by 10%. So, delivery of a shipment weighing 0.5 kg from the USA will cost 840 UAH, and from another country in the world – from 1.1 thousand UAH (depending on the country).
Delivery of documents weighing up to 0.5 kg in the USA will cost UAH 720, and to another country in the world – from UAH 880.
The tariff for the delivery of items from international online stores through the NP Shopping service weighing 0.5 kg will increase by $1-2 depending on the country. The tariff for parcels from the USA increases by $2 on average in all weight categories.
Therefore, the delivery of a shipment from an online store weighing 0.5 kg will be: from the USA and England – $ 7; from Poland, Germany, Spain and France – $5; from Italy and Turkey – $6.
