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Ukraine in January-July this year increased imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms three times compared to the same period last year – up to 343.678 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Friday, imports of coke in monetary terms for this period increased 2.25 times to $124.520 million.
Imports were mainly from Poland (87.67% of shipments in monetary terms), Hungary (4.25%) and China (3.08%).
In the first seven months of the year, the country exported 1.025 thousand tons of coke worth $231 thousand to Moldova (99.57%) and Latvia (0.43%), while there were no exports in January and March 2024.
As reported, Ukraine in 2023 reduced imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 8.5% compared to 2022 – to 328.697 thousand tons, imports in monetary terms decreased by 25.8% – to $129.472 million.
Ukraine exported 3.383 thousand tons of coke in 2023, down 12.3% from 2022. In monetary terms, it decreased by 22.2% – to $787 thousand. Exports were made to Moldova (100% of shipments in monetary terms), while imports were mainly from Poland (88.47%), Colombia (7.72%) and the Czech Republic (3.15%).
The State Property Fund (SPF) realized at the privatization auction SE “Odessa Research and Design Institute of Land Management” for 25.8 million UAH, said the head of the agency Vitaly Koval.
“The price for EMK SE “Odessa Research and Design Institute of Land Management” increased in 5.17 times. Almost from UAH 5 million to the victorious UAH 25.8 million,” he wrote in Telegram.
The buyer is also obliged to pay an additional UAH 5.16 million of VAT. Accordingly, the total economic effect from the privatization of the enterprise will be 30.96 million UAH.
The complex of the Institute is located in the center of Odessa. The new owner will receive a share of 81/100 of the engineering and laboratory building with utility buildings and structures, motor vehicles and other property.
According to the terms of sale, the buyer is obliged to repay overdue accounts payable and not to allow the dismissal of employees within six months.
In January-July this year, Ukraine increased exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in physical terms by 68.1% year-on-year to 1 million 107.341 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Friday, exports of carbon steel semi-finished products increased by 55.1% to $549.282 million in monetary terms.
The main exports were to Bulgaria (34.90% of supplies in monetary terms), Egypt (13.19%) and Poland (9.82%).
In January-July 2024, Ukraine imported 5 tons of semi-finished products from Egypt for $5 thousand, while in January-July 2023 it imported 92 tons of semi-finished products for $169 thousand.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine decreased exports of carbon steel semi-finished products in physical terms by 36.7% compared to 2022, to 1 million 203.454 thousand tons, while exports in monetary terms decreased by 48.9% to $608.516 million. The main exports were made to Bulgaria (36.66% of supplies in monetary terms), Poland (23.01%), and Italy (9.60%).
In addition, in 2023, Ukraine imported 96 tons of semi-finished products from China (98.26%) and Turkey (1.74%) for $172 thousand.
The State Service for Medicines and Drug Control has suspended the license of the laboratory of the Marzeyev Institute of Public Health.
“Given the systematic nature of the identified violations, the validity of the certificate of industry certification issued to the laboratory is suspended until the elimination of remarks,” – reported on the website of the State Service for Medicines and Drug Control.
The State Service noted that the certificate was suspended following the results of the survey of the general level of compliance of the laboratory with the criteria of sectoral attestation on the organization of laboratory control of medicines, conducted on July 18-19.
According to the service, the survey “identified non-compliances that relate to the quality management system, equipment and drug testing.”
“The main findings indicate that numerous data integrity violations call into question the results of quality control of medicines that were checked during the survey. It has been established that studies were conducted according to methods that are not reflected in the quality control methods approved in Ukraine,” the State Service reports.
In addition, the State Service noted that the laboratory did not inform the State Service, in particular, about the lack of resources for conducting research and failure to agree on subcontracting, violation of handling of samples of medicines.
Goslexluzhba also emphasizes that at present, apart from the laboratory of the Marzeyev Institute, two other laboratories have WHO prequalification: the Central Laboratory of Goslexluzhba and the laboratory of pharmanalysis of the State Enterprise “State Expert Center (SEC) of the Ministry of Health”. In addition, the State Enterprise “Central Laboratory for Quality Analysis of Medicines and Medical Products” is accredited by the European Directorate for Quality of Medicines (EDQM) and is part of the pan-European network of laboratories OMCL.
As reported earlier, the laboratory of the Marzeyev Institute of Public Health appealed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister, the leadership of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Health Ministry with a request to prevent the transfer of the market of laboratory control of medicines into private hands. The laboratory stressed that “state control of the quality of medicines is being transferred into the hands of private business, with the State Service for Medicinal Products using for its own purposes the private authorized laboratory Dobrobut-Likilab LLC, created for itself”.
As previously reported, the laboratory of the Institute of Public Health named after Marzeyev asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Marzeyev. Marzeyev asks the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the Prime Minister, the leadership of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ministry of Health to prevent the transfer of the market of laboratory control of medicines into private hands.
Natalia Ostanina, head of the laboratory of the Marzeyev Institute, believes that the management of the State Research Laboratory of Public Health is forcing the laboratory out of the market of quality control of medicines by transferring the directions for quality control from the State Research Laboratory of Public Health to the private laboratory Dobrobut Likilab LLC.
The State Research Laboratory for Quality Control of Medicines of the Marzeyev Institute of Drugs of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine was established in 1996, it employs four doctors of sciences, 10 candidates of sciences and 30 researchers. It is accredited by the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine in accordance with the requirements of DSTU EN ISO/IEC 17025:2019 (EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017, IDT; ISO/IEC 17025:2017 IDT), certified by Gosleksluzhba, Quality Management System is certified by the Ukrainian Medical Certification Center for compliance with the requirements of DSTU EN ISO 9001:2018. The laboratory is the only one among scientific state institutions to be prequalified by WHO for the right to conduct quality control of medicines.
In January-July this year, Ukrainian companies increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 26.6% year-on-year to $85.210 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine on Friday, exports of copper and copper products increased by 12% to $49.199 million over the period under review.
In July, copper was imported for $10.103 million and exported for $7.644 million.
In addition, in January-July 2024, Ukraine increased imports of nickel and products by 2 times compared to the same period in 2023 – up to $16.980 million (in July – $4.026 million), aluminum and aluminum products – by 21.8%, up to $250.075 million (in July – $41.276 million).
At the same time, the country reduced imports of lead and lead products by 14.4% to $610 thousand (in July – $50 thousand), imports of tin and tin products increased by 7.8% to $1.536 million (in July – $185 thousand), and increased imports of zinc and zinc products by 35.4% to $33.361 million (in July – $5.011 million).
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products in the first seven months of 2024 increased by 16.8% compared to the same period a year earlier to $64.382 million (in July – $10.207 million), lead and lead products decreased by 27.8% to $6.492 million (in July – $1.089 million), nickel and nickel products amounted to $423 thousand (in July it was absent), while in January-July 2023 it was $126 thousand.
Zinc exports for the first seven months of this year amounted to $120 thousand (in July – $21 thousand), while in January-July 2023 it was $86 thousand. Exports of tin and products amounted to $331 thousand (in July – $150 thousand) against $53 thousand in the same period a year earlier.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine increased imports of copper and copper products by 2.2 times compared to 2022 – up to $140.795 million, while exports decreased by 20.1% to $72.078 million.
In addition, in 2023, Ukraine decreased imports of nickel and products by 74.2% compared to 2022, to $15.391 million, and increased imports of aluminum and aluminum products by 7.7%, to $366.463 million.
At the same time, it reduced imports of lead and lead products by 65.2% to $989 thousand, imports of tin and tin products by 23% to $2.728 million, but increased imports of zinc and zinc products by 18.8% to $45.966 million.
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products last year increased by 0.7% compared to 2022 to $97.616 million, lead and lead products increased by 23.5% to $14.778 million, and nickel and nickel products amounted to $532 thousand, while in 2022 it was $1.268 million.
In 2023, the company exported $130 thousand worth of zinc, compared to $1.331 million in 2022. Exports of tin and tin products amounted to $159 thousand against $424 thousand in 2022.
