U.S. President Donald Trump said he may allow individual exceptions to the 10% tariff for most trading partners, although he considers the rate the minimum for countries seeking to negotiate with Washington, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
“There may be some exceptions for obvious reasons, but I would say 10% is the minimum,” Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One en route to Florida. He did not specify what the reasons were, nor did he announce any new fare changes.
The announcement came after fare increases for dozens of countries announced in the week. Some were later postponed due to negative market reactions. China was hit with duties of 145%, while a prime rate of 10% has so far been applied to most nations.
“Despite this, the average duty rate in the U.S. could reach historic highs. Beijing, in response to Washington’s actions, raised tariffs on US goods to 125%. China said it will not respond to further steps, but is preparing other measures,” the report said.
Trump said at the same time that “the market is stable” and the dollar will remain “the currency of choice”. He also expressed confidence that the trade standoff with China could end positively.
Ukraine’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svitlana Hrynchuk, Spanish Ambassador to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Lytvynenko took part in the opening of a photovoltaic power plant in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, the Public Communications and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Environment reported on Saturday.
“The implementation of the project worth more than UAH 30 million started in 2019 and was stopped with the beginning of the full-scale invasion. But in the fall of 2024, this process reached the finish line. Today, the solar plant is fully ready for commissioning and is connected to the integrated power system of Ukraine. It consists of 2244 monocrystalline solar modules on an area of 13 thousand square meters,” said Hrynchuk.
According to her, the plant is a success that continues the ambitious plan to develop renewable energy in the exclusion zone.
“Special thanks to the Government of Spain for its support in the implementation of this project. Spain has a plan to switch to 70% green energy in the economy by 2030 and supports us on the path to energy efficiency. This country is a key financial partner in the creation of a new solar station. The construction was funded by the Government of Spain for greenhouse gas emission quotas under the Kyoto Protocol. This is an extremely important and very timely investment in our green energy sector,” the Minister said.
Hrynchuk also got acquainted with the results of the implementation of another area of our cooperation with partners – an automated system for monitoring the non-proliferation of radioactive contamination. It was implemented with the support of the European Union to modernize stationary radiometers for monitoring road transport and cargo at the control points that were destroyed during the occupation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
The Minister inspected the consequences of the Russian attack on the NSC Arch, where work is underway to assess damage, find effective solutions and plan to restore the functionality of the confidentiality.
Ukrainian fintech company Fintech Farm has entered the Indian market with Roarbank, a neobank that will operate on the basis of the Indian bank Unity Small Finance Bank.
“We started attracting our first customers in a closed beta test. Over 100,000 users have registered in a few days,” the company said in a press release on LinkedIn.
It is noted that despite small bugs, “everything looks great.”
“After the launch of our MVP, we have ambitious plans to create even more amazing products and services for our Indian customers,” Fintech Farm added.
Fintech Farm is a fintech company specializing in creating neobanks in emerging markets. It was founded in 2021 by Dmytro Dubilet (former PrivatBank top manager and co-founder of monobank), Mykola Beskrovnyi (former head of M&A in the fintech sector at KPMG’s London office), and Oleksandr Vityaz (former head of PrivatBank’s e-Business Center).
According to Fintech Farm’s website, it has now created three more neobanks in other countries: Leobank in Azerbaijan, Liobank in Vietnam, and Simbank in Kyrgyzstan.
Imports of tractors to Ukraine in January-March 2024 amounted to $207.89 million, which is 2.8% less than in the same period last year, according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the published statistics, tractors were mainly imported from the United States (24.6% of total imports of this equipment, or $51.14 million), China (16.8% or almost $35 million), and Germany (16.2% or $33.8 million), while a year earlier it was Germany ($35.4 million), Poland ($28.3 million), and the Netherlands ($26.3 million).
At the same time, in March of this year, imports of tractors increased by 13.3% compared to March-2024 and by almost 51% compared to February-2025 – up to $98.62 million.
According to statistics, in the first quarter of this year, only $1.28 million worth of tractors were exported, mostly to Romania, Zambia, and the Czech Republic.
As reported, imports of tractors to Ukraine in 2024 amounted to almost $784 million, down 5.6% from a year earlier, while exports amounted to $5.44 million against $5.74 million.
In January-March 2025, imports of transformers, inductors and chokes to Ukraine increased by more than 2.8 times compared to the same period in 2024, to $282.8 million, according to statistics from the State Customs Service (SCS).
According to the published data, during this period, products were imported mainly from China – for $252 million (89% of total imports of these goods), while a year earlier, transformers and chokes were imported from this country for $48.6 million (48.8%).
In addition, transformers were imported from Turkey (for $10.5 million) and Germany (for $2.8 million).
At the same time, in March, imports of this equipment increased by 61.5% compared to the same period last year, but decreased by 15% compared to February this year, to $71.06 million.
At the same time, Ukraine exported transformers, inductors, and chokes for $5.7 million over the three months of this year, compared to $4.5 million last year, mainly to Germany, Hungary, and Poland.
As reported earlier, according to the State Customs Service, imports of transformers, inductors and chokes to Ukraine in 2024 more than doubled compared to 2023 to $596.11 million, while China imported 2.5 times more – $400.48 million.
Dear customers, we are pleased to inform you that the State Inspectorate of Architecture and Urban Development of Ukraine issued certificate ІУ123250404640 dated 10.04.2025 on the commissioning of building No. 4 of the Krona Park II residential complex (Brovary), which certifies the compliance of the completed facility with the project documentation and confirms its readiness for operation. The next step is to assign a postal address to the building and issue keys to apartment owners.
Krona Park II is a continuation of the legendary Krona Park project, which was so popular with customers that the developer decided to create a new and improved version of the complex. And this is not surprising, because there is nothing better than living next to a park and a coniferous forest and at the same time having convenient connections to the capital. Currently, 8 more houses of the complex are under construction.
We are sincerely grateful for your trust and wish a happy future to your families in the Krona Park II residential complex by Alliance Novobud!
