The negative balance of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-November 2023 increased 2.8 times compared to the same period of 2022 – to $24.351 billion from $8.570 billion, the State Statistics Service (Gosstat) said on Monday.
According to its data, exports of goods from the country during the period decreased by 18.9% compared to January-November 2022 – to $32.978 billion, while imports increased by 16.5% – to $57.329 billion.
The State Statistics Committee specified that in November-2023 compared to October-2023, seasonally adjusted exports increased by 3.1% to $2.583 billion, while imports decreased by 9.5% to $4.749 billion.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in November-2023, as in the previous month, was negative at $2.166 billion compared to $2.741 billion before.
The export-import coverage ratio in January-November 2023 was 0.58 (0.83 in January-November 2022).
State Statistics specified that foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 228 countries.
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In 2023, PJSC Ukrnafta increased oil and condensate production by 3% (by 39.9 thousand tons) compared to 2022, to 1 million 409.9 thousand tons, the company’s press service said on Monday.
Last year’s production of natural and associated petroleum gas amounted to 1 billion 97.4 million cubic meters, which is 5.8% (60.4 million cubic meters) more than in 2022.
“I would like to thank the company’s team for not only holding the natural decline in a full-fledged war year, but also increasing production. In difficult conditions, you have made every effort to achieve results,” said Sergiy Koretsky, Ukrnafta’s CEO.
According to him, in 2024, Ukrnafta plans to drill new wells and intensify production, invite partners to the fields and replace old Soviet and Russian equipment with modern world-class models.
As reported, in 2022 the company produced 1.37 million tons of oil and condensate and 1.037 billion cubic meters of gas.
“Ukrnafta’s strategic goal is to double its oil and natural gas production to 3 million tons and 2 billion cubic meters by 2027, respectively.
“Ukrnafta is Ukraine’s largest oil producer and operator of a national network of 537 filling stations, of which 456 are in operation.
Ukrnafta’s largest shareholder is Naftogaz of Ukraine with a 50%+1 share. On November 5, 2022, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to transfer the corporate rights of the company owned by private owners, which is now managed by the Ministry of Defense, to the state.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised its forecast for Ukrainian wheat production in the 2023/24 marketing year (MY, September 2023 – August 2024) by 0.9 million tons to 23.4 million tons and for exports by 1.5 million tons to 14 million tons.
According to the USDA’s January report, Ukraine’s ending stocks will also increase by 1.8 million tons to 4.38 million tons.
For corn, the USDA left the harvest, exports and ending stocks in Ukraine unchanged: 30.5 million tons, 21 million tons and 6.82 million tons respectively.
In general, the updated global wheat crop forecast for the 2023/24 grain year was improved by 1.9 million tons to 784.91 million tons, due to the positive revision of estimates for Ukraine and Russia, while the forecast for China was lowered. The forecast for global wheat exports was also raised by 2.35 million tons to 209.54 million tons. The experts also revised the forecast for global wheat ending stocks upwards by 1.83 million tons to 260.03 million tons.
For corn, the forecast for global production in January was raised by 0.0137 million tons to 1.235 million tons, while exports were lowered by 0.57 million tons to 200.89 million tons. Ending stocks will rise by 10 million tons to 325 million tons.
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Oil prices are rising on Monday amid continued tensions in the Middle East.
The United States on Saturday launched a new strike on Yemen in response to the launch of a ballistic missile by the Yemeni Houthis at shipping lanes in the Red Sea. According to Western media, the strike hit a single target – a radar used by the Houthis.
On Friday, the United States and the United Kingdom launched a series of airstrikes on military facilities belonging to the Houthis in Yemen.
The cost of March futures for Brent crude oil on the London ICE Futures exchange as of 7:20 a.m. is $78.49 per barrel, which is $0.2 (0.26%) higher than at the close of the previous trading. On Friday, these contracts rose by $0.88 (1.1%) to $78.29 per barrel.
Futures for WTI for February in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) have risen in price by this time by $0.12 (0.17%) to $72.8 per barrel. As a result of the previous trading, the value of these contracts increased by $0.66 (0.9%) to $72.68 per barrel.
On Friday, the rise in the price of Brent at one point exceeded 4%, but by the end of the session it was only 1.1%. Over the past week, Brent fell by 0.6%, while WTI fell by 1.5%.
Market fluctuations show that traders currently do not see any serious risks of a reduction in oil production in the Middle East and oil supplies from the region due to the current conflict, Bloomberg writes.
Currently, prices “do not include a geopolitical risk premium, so Brent could rise above $80 per barrel if the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate,” said Rob Tammel, portfolio manager at Tortoise Capital Advisors, as quoted by Market Watch.
“Currently, events in the region do not affect the supply of oil on the world market,” said Warren Patterson, who is responsible for commodity strategy at ING Groep NV. – “In the absence of supply disruptions, the situation on the oil market remains comfortable, despite the Middle East tensions.
