Ukraine will send 20 tonnes of batteries for recycling to Romania, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday. “Batareiky, Zdavaitesia organization for the first time in Ukraine received permission to recycle batteries in the EU! 20 tonnes will go to Romania,” he said.
“Reforming the waste system under European standards is a step towards the EU,” the minister said.
The organizers said on their Facebook page that the batteries will go for recycling to the GreenWEEE factory, which is located near Buzau. The factory has been recycling batteries since 2011, and has been operating since 2007. It is engaged in the recycling of old electronic equipment.
To send the first batch of collected batteries for recycling, you need a cover letter from the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine and approval by the Romanian government. It is expected that it will be received within two to three weeks.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 05/12/19
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of December 06
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
Pharmacy sales in Ukraine in January-October 2019 in monetary terms decreased by 3.37% compared to the same period in 2018 and amounted to UAH 66.663 billion. Business Credit told Interfax-Ukraine over the period pharmacy sales in natural terms decreased by 9%, to 1.139 billion packages.
According to the company, retail sales of medicines in January-October in monetary terms fell by 4.79%, to UAH 53.987 billion, in natural terms by 16.8%, to 693.988 million packages.
The average weighted price of all categories of pharmacy retail products in January-October amounted to UAH 58, medicines some UAH 77.79.
Housing commissioning in Ukraine through January-September 2019 increased 48% compared to the same period in 2018, to 7.743 million square meters.
As Ukraine’s State Statistics Service said, the report does not include information from Russian-occupied areas: Crimea, Sevastopol and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
According to the service, the share of commissioning of houses built without permits for construction work and put in operation under temporary commissioning rules was 25.6% (1.98 million square meters).
According to the report, 4.799 million square meters of housing was commissioned in urban areas in the first nine months of 2019, and 2.944 million in rural areas. Some 54.1% of total volume of housing was commissioned in single-family houses, and 45.9% in houses with two and more apartments.
Over the period, 87,374 apartments were commissioned, including 61,500 in urban areas and 25,900 in rural areas. Average area of apartments was 88.6 square meters.
Some 56.1% of housing was commissioned in Kyiv city and region, as well as Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Odesa regions in the first nine months of 2019, in particular in Kyiv city – 934,500 square meters.
The decline in the volume of commissioning was seen in Kharkiv region – by 8.1%, to 262,700 square meters.
The biggest growth in housing commissioning year-over-year (not taking into account temporary commissioning rules) was seen in Chernivtsi (by 169.8%, to 356,700 square meters), Mykolaiv (by 126.4%, to 67,900 square meters), Ternopil (by 116.3%, to 268,900 square meters), Ivano-Frankivsk (by 120.2%, to 569,900 square meters) and Kirovohrad regions (by 120.1%, to 56,500 square meters).
The insurance companies of Ukraine in January-September 2019 collected net premiums in the amount of UAH 30.149 billion, which is 18.8% more than for the same period in 2018, the National Commission for the State Regulation of the Financial Services Market has said. According to the regulator, the volume of gross insurance premiums collected by insurers for the specified period amounted to UAH 40.562 billion (16.3% more).
The commission notes that an increase in gross insurance premiums was recorded for almost all types of insurance. In particular, premiums in car insurance KASKO, OSAGO, Green Card rose by UAH 1.7 billion (18%), in medical insurance by UAH 1.028 billion (40.3%), insurance against fire risks and risks of natural disasters by UAH 776.6 million (25.4%), property insurance by UAH 618.1 million (13.7%), life insurance by UAH 552.6 million (20.2%), insurance of medical expenses by UAH 546.7 million (58.5%), cargo and luggage by UAH 133.4 million (6.5%).
The share of net insurance premiums in gross insurance premiums for the nine months of 2019 amounted to 74.3%, which is 1.5 percentage points more than in the first half of 2018.
In January-September, insurers paid UAH 9.624 billion in net insurance claim fees (13.7% more). The level of net payments decreased from 33.3% to 31.9%
According to the regulator, gross insurance payments increased by 12.5%, to UAH 9.846 billion. The level of gross payments decreased from 25.1% to 24.3%.
A high level of gross insurance payments is observed in car insurance (an increase of 14%), medical insurance (by 28.4%), financial risks (by 5.3%), and medical expenses (by 18.8%).
