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KALYNIVKA CUSTOMS TERMINAL OPENED ON BASIS OF EPONYMOUS LOGISTICS CENTER IN KYIV REGION

13 July , 2015  

KYIV. July 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Kalynivka customs terminal has been opened on the basis of the eponymous logistics center in Kalynivka (Vasylkiv district, Kyiv region), the owner of which is Epicenter group of companies (Kyiv).

The terminal will be used to carry out customs procedures at the Sviatoshyn checkpoint of the Kyiv customs service.

“The opening of the terminal on the basis of the logistics center is confirmation that Ukrainian business continues developing, despite difficult economic, political and military circumstances,” the Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry reported on July 10, referring to the press service of Deputy Prime Minister and Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Minister Hennadiy Zubko.

The press service of the State Fiscal Service reported that the Kalynivka customs terminal has a storage warehouse, a customs warehouse, and it is able to hold 110 vehicles at any given time.

The fiscal service said that the terminal provides services to vehicles that cross the Ukrainian border in the operation zone of the Sviatoshyn checkpoint of the Kyiv customs service.

As reported, Epicenter K LLC (Kyiv), which is part of the Epicenter Group developing the eponymous construction hypermarket chain in Ukraine, acquired 15,215 ordinary shares in private joint-stock company Kalynivka logistic center in November 2013.

Kalynivka logistic center was founded in 2004. The company owns the eponymous logistic center with a gross area of A-C class warehouses of around 20,000 square meters, administrative buildings – 5,600 square meters, and with an open space of 7.8 hectares. The center is located on 42 hectares.