President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has announced her visit to Kyiv to discuss with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy the European Union’s support for Ukraine’s energy security ahead of winter.
The statement was made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday in Brussels at a joint press conference with International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol.
“The heating season will start in two weeks. As the temperature drops, the European Union is ready to step up its support for Ukraine. We are preparing for the winter together.
After this press conference, I will go to Kyiv to discuss these issues with President Zelensky tomorrow,” she said.
Ukrainian enterprises in January-August of this year exported zinc for $201 thousand (in August – $79 thousand), while in January-August 2023 the indicators amounted to $88 thousand.
Ukraine in 2023 increased imports of zinc and zinc products – by 18.8%, up to $45.966 mln. Zinc was supplied abroad in 2023 for $130 thousand against $1.331 mln in 2022.
Pure metallic zinc is used to restore noble metals, used to protect steel from corrosion and for other purposes.
For the next two weeks, the traffic of cars and trucks leaving Ukraine will be partially restricted at the Chop-Záhony checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border.
Due to the repair of the road surface in the customs control zone of the checkpoint, vehicles will be able to use only two lanes out of five available. Accordingly, this will affect their clearance and passage across the border. The repair work is being carried out as part of the Customs and Border Infrastructure Modernization Project with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Ukrainian enterprises in January-August of this year increased imports of tin and tin products by 7.8% – up to $1.842 mln (in August – $307 thousand).
Exports of tin and products amounted to $344 thousand ($2 thousand in August) against $53 thousand in the same period a year earlier.
Tin is used primarily as a safe, non-toxic coating in pure form or in alloys with other metals. The main industrial applications of tin are in white tinplate (tin-plated iron) for food containers, in solder for electronics, in house piping, in bearing alloys and in coatings made of tin and its alloys. The most important alloy of tin is bronze (with copper). Another well-known alloy – pewter – is used for the manufacture of tableware.
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