A law “On basic principles and requirements for organic production, circulation and labeling of organic products” came into force on August 2.
The law, in particular, meant to improve the legal regulation of organic production in Ukraine and bring it into line with the EU legislation, Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine reported on its website.
“Ukrainian domestic organic products are becoming more popular in the foreign markets: over the past few years our state has become an important supplier of the organic products to the western markets, being ranked the fourth among the exporters of the organic products to the EU countries,” the ministry said adding that all necessary regulatory legal enactments have been already drafted.
Besides, the lawmakers envisaged a mechanism for certification of the organic production. If the organic goods put up for sale without a respective certificate, sellers of such production will have to pay fines in amount of five to eight of minimum wages, reads a report on the ministry’s website.
According to new law, the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection will be a supervisor of organic production in Ukraine.
On July 10 the Verkhovna Rada at second reading and as a whole adopted bill No. 5448-d on basic principles and requirements for organic production, circulation and labeling of organic products, and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed it at the end of July. The law, in particular, establishes the basis for the legal regulation of organic production and the functioning of the market of such products.
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of august 06
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
National bank of ukraine’s official rates as of 06/08/19
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
AIS group of companies plans to start producing tractors under the KrASZ brand from the components of the leading Asian companies at the Avto-Holding plant (Kremenchuk, Poltava region), AIS has said in a press release.
At the first stage, it is planned to establish the production of agricultural machinery with a capacity of up to 30 hp, which is most in demand among small and medium-sized farms.
“The segment of this equipment has a rather large capacity, according to our estimates, it is more than 17,000 tractors per year, and it is developing steadily. We expect in the medium term to occupy from 5% to 10% in it,” the press service said citing AIS Marketing Director Serhiy Borovik.
The group has not yet disclosed the remaining details of the project, noting that detailed information about the model range planned for production, prices and the start of accepting orders will be announced in August-September of this year.
AIS group of companies, established in 1992, is the national network of auto centers and service stations, spares stores, a manufacturing enterprise, regional automobile warehouses and a logistics center for storage and distribution of spare parts, a customs and licensed warehouse, and a motor transport company.
The net profit of Kyiv-based Citibank in January-June 2019 reached UAH 988.495 million that is by 57.4% more than in the same period in 2018 (UAH 627.989 million), the bank said in its report.
Its net interest-bearing income for the six months came to UAH 968.718 million, a rise of 47.2% year-over-year.
The total assets of the bank over the period decreased by 2.7%, to UAH 24.161 billion, including 23.5% drop in the credits and debts of clients, to UAH 5.475 billion.
The report says that liabilities of the bank fell by 1.7%, to UAH 22.153 billion.
The bank’s charter capital remains the same in the first half of the year and totals UAH 200 million, net worth over the period reduced by 12.6%, to UAH 2.008 billion.
Citibank was founded in 1998. It is a subsidiary of the American-based Citibank NA.
The largest shareholders of the financial institution on January 1, 2018 were Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation (67%) and Citicorp Leasing International LLC (33%).
Citibank ranked 15th among 77 banks in terms of total assets on April 1, 2019 (UAH 22.890 billion), according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
Ukraine has announced a tender for the development of three more hydrocarbon deposits, including Hrunivske (Sumy and Poltava regions), Okhtyrske (Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv regions), and Ichnianske (Chernihiv region) on the basis of production sharing agreements (PSA).
The corresponding announcements about the tender were published in the Uriadovy Kurier newspaper on August 3.
The area of Hrunivske deposit is 1,083 square kilometers, that of Okhtyrske some 672 square kilometers, and Ichnianske some 2,086 square kilometers. According to the terms of the tender documentation, approved at the end of 2018, the winners on the first and second fields will have to ensure the drilling of at least two exploratory wells and conduct 3D seismic surveys during the first stage of exploration (the first five years). The winner on the third lot will have to ensure the drilling at least three wells and conducting 3D seismic surveys.
The minimum investment for Hrunivske and Okhtyrske deposits is UAH 500 million UAH, and that for Ichnianske some UAH 900 million.
The PSA is valid for 50 years. The state’s share in profitable products should be at least 11% of its total volume, the maximum share of compensation products, due to which the investor will be reimbursed for his expenses, is 70% of the total production. Applications for participation in the tenders are accepted within three months from the date of publication of the announcement of the tenders.
