KYIV. Nov 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine as of November 4 had threshed 55.9 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from 12.8 million hectares (90% of the forecast), whereas a year ago as of November 3 it collected 55.6 million tonnes from 13.3 million hectares (95% of the forecast).
According to the press service of the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food, this year the average yield of cereals rose to 43.5 centners per ha from 40.2 centners per ha last year.
Corn harvest from 2.8 million hectares (67% of the forecast) amounted to 16.9 million tonnes, the yield increased to 59.7 centners/ha from 53.4 centners/ha.
Buckwheat was collected from 148,000 ha (99%) in the amount of 189,000 tonnes compared to 141,000 tonnes past year, in particular due to the rise in yield from 11.4 centners/ha to 12.7 centners/ha.
Millet was harvested from 103,000 ha in the amount of 187,000 tonnes (98%), whereas in the past year the country harvested 210,000 tonnes of this crop due to a higher yield (20 centners/ha against 18.2 centners/ha this year).
The country is continuing to harvest sunflower: with the forecast being 5.9 million hectares the crop has been harvested from an area of 5.7 million hectares (96%) in the amount of 12.6 million tonnes. Its yield rose to 22.2 centners/ha compared to 21.4 centners/ha last year, when farmers harvested 10.6 million tonnes.
The harvest of soybeans by November 4 amounted to 3.7 million tonnes from 1.6 million hectares (90% of the forecast) with a substantial increase in yield to 22.4 centners/ha from 17.3 centners/ha last season, when the figure stood at 3.5 million tonnes.
KYIV. Nov 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s First Lady, Board Chair of Petro Poroshenko Charity Foundation, Maryna Poroshenko, and Chairman of the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce Lu Jianzhong have signed a grant agreement worth $200,000 (approximately UAH 5.2 million) for the development of inclusive secondary education in Ukraine, the Ukrainian presidential administration’s press service reported.
According to Poroshenko, there are around 7 million children, of whom about 700,000 have mental and physical development disorders. “At the same time we have a very disappointing statistics: only 10% of them are trained in inclusive schools, and the rest are left outside socialization and fulfilling family life,” she said.
“The grant money from China will be assigned for the development of the scientific and teaching experiment, which Maryna Poroshenko together with the Education and Science Ministry of Ukraine are implementing in Zaporizhia region in 2016-2019. At the moment, out of 600 schools in the region, only 51 are inclusive… The key prospect of the project lies in the fact that after three years this groundwork will become the basis of a roadmap for the introduction of inclusive education in all the regions of Ukraine,” reads a statement on the presidential administration’s website.
KYIV. Nov 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – China is interested in placing its production at Ukrainian industrial parks and has already provided the Ukrainian side with the corresponding plan of cooperation, Vice President of the China International Chamber of Commerce Lu Jianzhong has said.
“We see that the investment climate in Ukraine, as well as relations between Ukraine and China are improving. We hope that we will be able to take part in the development of industrial parks and attract Chinese investment via the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. We have provided our comments and our cooperation plan as for industrial parks to Ukraine. Ukraine is studying them,” he said at the Ukrainian Silk Road forum in Kyiv.
He did not specify what kind of proposals have been provided to the Ukrainian side, but stressed the Chinese business in “very interested” in Ukrainian industrial parks.
Trade representative of Ukraine Natalia Mykolska, in turn, during the forum said Ukraine will attract Chinese investors, demonstrating the benefits of free trade with the EU, Canada, the CIS, the EFTA countries and others.
“Ukraine can become a place of goods production with the participation of Chinese investments, know-how and technology for the delivery to a number of markets, with which Ukraine has free trade agreements. Ukraine could become a manufacturing hub for Chinese investors to produce their goods here and deliver them to the EU market and back to China,” she said.
KYIV. Nov 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Germany will give Ukraine EUR 72 million in new aid for sustainable economic development, regional development, energy efficiency and internally displaced persons, Ukraine’s Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister has said Maksym Nefyodov has said.
According to his statement on Facebook, Nefyodov signed relevant documents in Berlin on Friday on the results of two-day talks with the Economic Cooperation and Development Ministry of Germany.
The deputy minister specified that this aid will be also aimed at strengthening local government, support of the united territorial communities, assistance to small and medium-sized businesses and modernization of energy consumption.
Director of International Programs Coordination Department of Ukraine’s Economy Ministry Olena Trehub, who participated in the talks, explained that at the moment the amount of funds provided by Germany as non-repayable assistance to Ukraine rose to EUR 325 million from EUR 20 million before the Revolution of Dignity.
LVIV. Nov 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Carlsberg Ukraine brewing company will start supplying Lvivske beer to China, Director Yevhen Shevchenko has said at a press conference at the 16th International Economic Forum.
“We expect to supply over 300,000 liters every quarter,” he said.
He said that before the launch of exports the company is to adapt the product to the Chinese market.
“China needs 0.33 liter bottles. We do not bottle Lvivske in these bottles. In addition, most beers have 2.5% alcohol contet in China. Alcohol content of Lvivske is 4.5%,” he said.
Shevchenko expects that the first batch will be shipped in Q1 2017.
“It is important for us not simply start, but start supplies so that the first batch was not the last,” he said.
Carlsberg Ukraine is incorporated in Carlsberg Group, a leading brewing groups in the world. Carlsberg Group in Ukraine includes three breweries in Zaporizhia, Kyiv, and Lviv.
KYIV. Nov 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Germany’s Bader GmbH has opened a new car leather seat plant in Lviv region. This is the second industrial site of Bader Ukraine LLC.
According to a posting on the website of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, during his working trip to Lviv region he took part in the ceremony of opening the plant of Bader Ukraine LLC.
“Despite aggression, Ukraine started to demonstrate economic recovery in 2016. In 2014, many foreigners doubted to invest in Ukraine, but now they ascertained that their decision was correct,” he said.
Poroshenko expressed gratitude to the investors.
“Thank you for producing high-quality goods and glorifying Ukraine in Europe.” According to him, this has become possible due to the Association and DCFTA Agreement with the EU. This means that commodities produced in Ukraine are not subject to taxation on the European market,” he said.
Director of Bader Ukraine Andriy Pavlun and Director of Bader GmbH&Co Bent Dreilich presented the production facilities of the plant to the head of state.
Bader Ukraine LLC, founded in 2006, is a branch of Bader GmbH, a leading global premium car leather manufacturer.
Bader Ukraine produces leather and leather items, leather seats for Audi and BMW.
The first production site is located in Horodok (Lviv region) with up to 1,000 employees. The new site is located in Kozhychi (Yaroriv district, Lviv region).
