KMZ Industries (Karlivka Machine-Building Plant, KMZ, Poltava region) installed five elevator complexes in Cherkasy region in July 2024, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
According to the report, in July, the construction and installation division of KMZ Industries simultaneously carried out work at all five facilities, including an elevator complex with a storage capacity of 30 thousand tons.
“We finished work at one site and immediately moved to another. This year is a very active season in Cherkasy region, where both farms and processing companies are expanding their storage capacities and upgrading elevator equipment. There is still a lot of work to be done,” said Ruslan Demchuk, regional representative of KMZ Industries.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of equipment, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment and separators, as well as provides automation and installation services. According to the company, it has sold more than 5,000 facilities. In 2012, the company acquired the assets of Brice-Baker (UK), one of the leading suppliers of elevator equipment in Europe, and in April 2021 announced a merger with the elevator business of Variant Agro Bud LLC.
According to the Clarity Project, in 2023, KMZ reduced its net profit by 3.9 times compared to 2022, to UAH 15.8 million, with revenue falling by 20% to UAH 650.2 million.
The plant ended the first quarter of this year with a net profit of UAH 35.4 million, up 3.9 times compared to January-March 2023, and revenue increased by 3.3% to UAH 71.7 million.
Dragon Capital Investments Limited (Cyprus), the ultimate beneficiary of which is Tomas Fiala, owns 80% of KMZ JSC shares, while Variant Agro Bud LLC owns 20%.
The Kingdom of Bahrain has opened access to its market for Ukrainian producers of poultry meat and poultry products, the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Protection (SSUFSCP) reports.
“This week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, is opening a new market for Ukrainian producers in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Last week we opened a new market in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The opening of two markets in a row in different regions of the world demonstrates the systematic work aimed at supporting Ukrainian exporters,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a statement.
For his part, the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Serhiy Tkachuk, emphasized that the opening of two markets within a short period of time is the result of hard work that lasted for months and even years.
“The safety of Ukrainian products has already been highly appreciated in many countries around the world, and we are doing everything we can to increase the number of export opportunities for Ukrainian producers every day,” he added.
The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection drew the attention of potential exporters to the need to comply with the requirements for the import of poultry meat and poultry products to the Kingdom of Bahrain. The relevant information is available on the website of the agency in the section “Requirements of the countries of the world” – “Background information on exports of the Kingdom of Bahrain”.
The health certificate for the export of poultry meat and poultry products to the Kingdom of Bahrain is published on the official website of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the section “International Cooperation” – “Veterinary and Safety” – “Certificates for Export from Ukraine”.
Farmers in all regions of Ukraine have harvested 30.640 million tons of new crops from 7.741 million hectares, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on Friday.
According to the report, more than 27.3 million tons of grains and 3.3 million tons of oilseeds have already been harvested.
It is specified that 20.494 million tons of wheat have been harvested from 4.732 million hectares at a yield of 42.2 c/ha, barley – 5.2 million tons from 1367.4 thousand hectares at a yield of 38.1 c/ha, peas – 457.7 thousand tons from 207.6 thousand hectares at a yield of 22.1 c/ha.
Ukraine continues harvesting oilseeds. In particular, more than 3.318 mln tons of rapeseed have been harvested from 1220.4 thou hectares with a yield of 27.2 c/ha and 0.3 thou tons of soybeans from 0.2 thou hectares with a yield of 15.2 c/ha.
At the same time, agrarians of Odesa region are the leaders in terms of grain harvesting, where 1072.9 thou hectares were threshed. Khmelnytsky region is the leader in terms of yield, with 65.1 c/ha.
Farmers in Dnipropetrovs’k, Odesa, Kharkiv and Kherson regions have started harvesting buckwheat and millet.
Harvesting of early grains and pulses has been completed in Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Poltava, Odesa, Kherson, Kirovograd and Cherkasy regions.
In January-July this year, Ukrainian steelmakers increased production of total rolled products by 28.4% year-on-year to 3.728 million tons from 2.903 million tons, according to preliminary data.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, steel production increased by 33.6% to 4.583 million tons and pig iron by 21.2% to 4.089 million tons in the period. In July, the company produced 588.6 thousand tons of rolled products, 708.9 thousand tons of steel, and 621.4 thousand tons of pig iron, compared to 571.5 thousand tons of rolled products, 734.7 thousand tons of steel, and 628.6 thousand tons of pig iron in the previous month.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine increased production of total rolled products by 0.4% compared to 2022 to 5.372 million tons, but reduced steel production by 0.6% to 6.228 million tons and pig iron by 6.1% to 6.003 million tons.
In 2022, Ukraine reduced production of total rolled products by 72% compared to 2021 to 5.350 million tons, steel by 70.7% to 6.263 million tons, and pig iron by 69.8% to 6.391 million tons.
In 2021, the company produced 21.165 million tons of pig iron (103.6% compared to 2020), 21.366 million tons of steel (103.6%), and 19.079 million tons of rolled products (103.5%).
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In July 2024, registrations of electric vehicles (new and used) in Ukraine amounted to 4,787 thousand, which is 14% more than in June this year and 38% more than in July last year, Ukravtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.
As reported, in June 2024, the demand for electric vehicles was slightly higher than in May this year, and by June 2023, it had increased by 35%.
Market experts attribute a certain recovery in demand for electric vehicles last month to the government’s initiative to introduce a military tax on buyers during the first registration of cars, including electric vehicles, which are not subject to taxation in Ukraine (except for a small excise tax).
According to Ukravtoprom, the share of new cars in electric car registrations was 21%, up from 17% in June 2023 and 19% in June of this year.
The bulk of the electric vehicles registered during the month were passenger cars – 4,684 thousand units (new – 980 units, used – 3,704 units), and only six of 103 commercial electric vehicles were new.
The top five new electric cars in July were Honda M-NV – 239 units (140 units in June), BYD Song Plus – 127 units (62 units), Nissan Ariya – 118 units (91 units), Volkswagen iD.4 – 88 units (71 units) and Zeekr 001 – 69 units.
The most popular five used cars were Nissan Leaf – 529 units (410 units in June-2024); Tesla Model 3 – 433 units (419 units); Tesla Model Y – 419 units (367 units); Tesla Model S – 217 units (196 units) and Volkswagen e-Golf – 209 units (208 units).
In total, in January-July, more than 29.2 thousand units of vehicles with battery power sources were registered for the first time in Ukraine (82.5% more than a year earlier), with new vehicles accounting for 20%.
As reported, in 2023, according to Ukravtoprom, registrations of electric cars in Ukraine increased 2.8 times to 37.6 thousand, with new ones accounting for 20% compared to 17% a year earlier.
