Ukrainian banks’ cash exchange rates on 04/11/21
Source: Interfax-Ukraine
Some 48 regional hospitals will be built in Ukraine in 2022, some of them will be equipped with helipads, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko has said.
“Next year, 48 regional hospitals, both for children and adults, will be built. And most importantly, so that we, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the State Emergency Service, can help people – helicopter pads will be built in 29 of these hospitals, precisely in order to quickly deliver people to hospitals,” Tymoshenko said, speaking at the all-Ukrainian forum Ukraine 30. Secure Community on Thursday.
According to him, construction of the 201st admission department, as well as 600 outpatient clinics will be completed this year.
In addition, the state will equip medical institutions with computed tomography, ultrasound, X-rays and angiographs.
The competent authorities of Ukraine and Jordan have agreed on the form of a certificate for the export of milk and dairy products from Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
“This week we opened another market, namely, the export of Ukrainian milk to Jordan. The competent authorities of the two states agreed on the form of a certificate for the export of milk and dairy products from Ukraine. The concrete result of the joint work of diplomats and specialists of the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection,” Kuleba said at an online briefing on Thursday.
He said that Ukrainian dairy products are of very high quality and therefore are in great demand abroad. According to Kuleba, this is the third certificate agreed between Ukraine and Jordan in 2021.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to systematically open new foreign markets for Ukrainian exporters together with the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection. Each new open market provides additional opportunities for Ukrainian companies, the strengthening of our national currency, the arrival of foreign currency to Ukraine, new jobs, taxes to the budget, the best salaries for our citizens,” he said.
The Foreign Minister said that not only exporting companies will benefit from the expansion of Ukrainian goods abroad, but every citizen of Ukraine involved in economic activity.
Electric steelmaking complex Interpipe Steel of the international vertically integrated pipe and wheel company Interpipe (Dnipro) in January-October this year increased steel production, according to recent data, by 23.9% compared to the same period last year, to 793,000 tonnes.
As the company told Interfax-Ukraine, 63,000 tonnes of steel were produced in October, while in September – 97,000 tonnes.
According to the information of the enterprise, the reason for a decrease in production volumes was the annual overhaul, which ended on November 1 after 12 days of repair work.
“In addition to traditional replacements of parts and assemblies, which are carried out regularly or periodically in each overhaul, during this time, five sections of a water-cooled gas duct, a bearing on an arc steel-making furnace, and technological axes were set on both continuous casting machines. We have completed all the planned work in full,” the company said in a statement.
Interpipe is a Ukrainian industrial company, a manufacturer of seamless pipes and railway wheels. The company’s products are supplied to more than 80 countries of the world through a network of sales offices located in the key markets of the CIS, the Middle East, North America and Europe. In 2020, Interpipe sold 662,000 tonnes of finished products, including 192,000 tonnes of railway products. Sales of railway products are carried out under the KLW brand.
The main pipe enterprises of Ukraine in January-October this year increased production of pipes from ferrous metals, according to recent data, by 15.9% compared to the same period last year – to 821,600 tonnes, in particular in October – 79,300 tonnes, while in September – 93,900 tonnes. Ukrtruboprom told Interfax-Ukraine, in particular, the enterprises of the association increased production of pipes by 30% in the ten months – up to 581,800 tonnes, while in October, compared to the same period last year, they increased production by 46.6%, but reduced by 9.3% from September 2021, to 67,600 tonnes. Ukrtruboprom Director General Heorhiy Polsky said Interpipe Niko Tube and Trubostal are showing positive dynamics, which in the ten months increased pipe production by 95.7% and 21.4%, respectively. At the same time, Centravis reduced production of stainless steel pipes by 5.9%, Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Plant – electric-welded pipes by 30.1%.Dnipropetrovsk Pipe Plant has already been declared bankrupt by the court and is in a state of liquidation. The chances of resuming production at it tend to zero.“Favorable conditions on foreign markets have been the main driver of growth in the production of seamless pipes at Ukrtruboprom enterprises for the eighth month in a row. World oil and gas prices, while maintaining high levels, provide good support for the consumption of oil and gas pipe products,” the CEO said. At the same time, he pointed out that high prices for energy resources in Ukraine continue to negatively “put pressure” on the cost of production of pipe plants. In addition, manufacturers of seamless pipes still experience a shortage of scrap metal, the main raw material for production, especially in the run-up to winter.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated additional UAH 3.5 billion to local budgets for highways; this is about an additional amount of subventions from the national budget for public roads of local importance, streets and roads of communal property in settlements.
The relevant decision was made at the Wednesday government meeting.
According to the draft decision, based on the analysis of the rate of receipt of funds from the sources of the formation of the public road fund, it is expected that as of November 23, 2021, the overfulfillment of the annual revenue plan of the public road fund will be UAH 3.5 billion, and on December 31, 2021 it will be UAH 5.8 billion. In this regard, it is proposed to allocate an additional UAH 3.5 billion to finance the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of public highways of local importance, streets and communal property roads in 2021 at the expense of a special fund.
