The business confidence indicator in the Ukrainian construction market rose by 2.5 percentage points (pp) in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter, to “minus” 32.6%, according to the State Statistics Service (Gosstat).
According to a survey of construction companies conducted by the agency, the assessment of the shortage of current orders improved by 3.6 pp to minus 47%. Thus, 51% of the companies surveyed assessed their current order volume as insufficient, while 45% considered it normal for the season.
Fifty-four percent of respondents expect prices for their services to increase in the third quarter of this year. Only 2% of respondents predict a decrease in the cost of construction work, while 45% do not expect any changes in pricing policy.
According to the State Statistics Service, the companies participating in the survey have orders for an average of six months, which corresponds to the pre-war level at the beginning of 2022.
The statistics agency notes that in the third quarter of 2025, the negative impact on construction will be caused by labor shortages (55.2%), financial constraints (42.7%), insufficient demand (22.9%), and other factors (42.8%).
Twenty-nine percent of the companies surveyed expect a reduction in the number of employees in July-September, while 56% believe that their number will remain unchanged, and 15% predict an expansion of staff.
According to the State Statistics Service, 37% of respondents noted an increase in the volume of construction work completed in the last quarter, while 24% reported a decrease. The survey showed that 99% of Ukrainian construction companies find it difficult to predict the future development of the business situation.
Statistical data are provided without taking into account the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and parts of the territories where hostilities are (were) ongoing.
As of August 1, farmers harvested 15.47 million tons of early grains and legumes from 4 million 423.9 thousand hectares, which is 39% of the area sown with these crops, according to the Ministry of Economy.
Last year, as of August 2, 25.29 million tons of grain were harvested from 6 million 106.1 thousand hectares, which means that the current figures are 38.8% and 27.5% lower, respectively, and the average yield, which is 3.5 tons/ha, is 15.6% lower.
According to the Ministry of Economy, 11.36 million tons of wheat were harvested from 3 million 54.2 thousand hectares (last year – 19.44 million tons from 4 million 465.8 thousand hectares), barley – 3.57 million tons from 1 million 14.8 thousand hectares (4.82 million tons from 1 million 294.1 thousand hectares).
The average yield of these crops this year is 3.7 tons/ha and 3.5 tons/ha, respectively, which is 14.6% and 5.5% less than last year’s figures.
At the same time, this year’s pea harvest is already higher than last year’s – 0.49 million tons from 208,200 hectares compared to 0.45 million tons from 205,700 hectares, and the yield is 7.7% higher at 2.4 tons/hectare.
Other cereals and legumes were threshed on an area of 145,500 hectares, with a harvest of 50,400 tons.
It is noted that among the leaders are, in particular, the Odessa region with 0.09 million tons from 1 million 70.4 thousand hectares, the Kirovograd region with 1.93 million tons from 462.9 thousand hectares, and the Poltava region with 1.52 million tons from 344.7 thousand hectares.
Farmers in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions have begun threshing millet, harvesting 83 tons from an area of 1,200 hectares, the Ministry of Economy added.
According to its data, as of August 1, 1.76 million tons of rapeseed had already been harvested from an area of 781,900 hectares, while last year on August 2, 3.24 million tons were harvested from 1,195,500 hectares, and the average yield is 16.8% lower than last year’s on this date and amounts to 2.3 tons/hectare.
As reported, the National Bank of Ukraine, in its Inflation Report published on Friday night, lowered its forecast for this year’s grain harvest from 61.7 million tons to 57.9 million tons, and for oilseeds from 22 million tons to 21 million tons.
The NBU recalled that last year, the grain harvest in Ukraine fell to 56.2 million tons from 59.8 million tons in 2023, while oilseeds fell from 21.7 million tons to 20 million tons.
The Parallel fuel station network (TM Parallel) has grown to 76 fuel stations in eight regions, according to a press release issued by the company on Thursday.
“And we are not stopping there,” the release said, while in an interview with Delo at the end of April, the number of stations was 63.
The company noted that in the first half of 2025, it paid more than 724 million to budgets at all levels: 414 million UAH in excise tax, 278 million UAH in VAT, 13 million UAH in income tax, and 2.4 million UAH in military tax.
According to Alexander Dubinin, CEO and owner of Parallel, the company is continuing to implement a comprehensive program to upgrade its gas stations, which includes modernizing facilities, improving service quality, and making things more convenient for customers.
According to the release, Parallel gas stations operate in Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Poltava, and in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions controlled by Ukraine.
As reported, before the war, the Parallel network had 132 gas stations. As a result of the full-scale invasion, Parallel lost or suspended operations at most of its facilities.
In 2024, the company increased its tax payments by more than 2.5 times, to over UAH 1.7 billion,
and in early 2025, it resumed its partnership with FC Shakhtar, which lasted from 2008 to 2014, when the network, like the club, was owned by Rinat Akhmetov’s SCM. The partnership is set to last for 2.5 years and includes putting the Parallel logo on the team’s jerseys, advertising during home games, loyalty programs, and social media activity.
Parallel is a member of the Ukrainian Oil and Gas Association and one of the 10 largest fuel importers in Ukraine.
Nova Poshta, the leader in express delivery in Ukraine and part of the Nova Group, increased its revenue by 23% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 24.6 billion, the company reported on Thursday.
According to the release, the volume of parcels and cargo delivered amounted to 238 million, which is 7% more than in the same period of 2024.
Earlier it was reported that in the first quarter of this year, Nova Poshta increased its revenue by 21.3% to UAH 11.85 billion and delivered 106.6 million parcels and cargoes.
According to the release, 5.9 million international parcels were delivered in the first half of 2025, compared to 10.2 million for the whole of 2024.
In addition, the Nova Poshta branch network grew by 708 locations in the first six months of this year, to 13,985, and the number of parcel terminals increased by more than 4,000 to 28,326, while in mid-2024 there were 12,180 and 18,370, respectively.
It is noted that in six months, NOVA Group companies paid UAH 7.9 billion in taxes and fees in Ukraine, which is 36% more than in the first half of 2024: Nova Poshta – UAH 6.1 billion, NovaPay – UAH 765 million, Nova Digital – UAH 211 million, Nova Global – UAH 94 million.
The company noted that in the first half of 2025, capital investments amounted to UAH 1.9 billion. The funds were allocated to network expansion, modernization of sorting hubs, renewal of the logistics fleet, development of energy independence, and digital solutions, while in the first six months of last year, the company reported UAH 3.6 billion in capital investments.
According to the release, in January-June this year, UAH 983 million was allocated to charity, 1.4 million humanitarian shipments, or 35,700 tons, were delivered, and a total of more than 4.6 million have been delivered since the start of the full-scale invasion.
The main activity of Nova Poshta remains the express delivery of documents, parcels, and palletized large-size cargo.
The company is the leader in express delivery in Ukraine. Its ultimate beneficial owners are Volodymyr Poperechnyuk and Vyacheslav Klimov.
The volume of export traffic of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in January-June 2025 decreased by 13.5% to 38.7 million tons, domestic traffic by 11.7% to 35.5 million tons, while the volume of imports increased by 5.4% to 5.3 million tons, the company’s CEO Oleksandr Pertsovsky reported on Facebook.
“In the first half of 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 79.6 million tons of cargo, which is 11.8% less than last year. With this trend continuing throughout the year, the annual figure will be approximately 50-52% of the freight volume in the period before the full-scale invasion (2021). We are currently experiencing the lowest load in the history of the railway, which is extremely painful for the company’s ability to function, as freight traffic has always been the main source of income for the railway,” he said.
Percovsky clarified that the largest decline was in the transportation of coal, which fell by 27.5% due to the loss of mines and the deterioration of the security situation, and grain and milled products, which fell by 32.5%.
“Farmers point to the late start of the season, so we are counting on some levelling off later in the year (more shipments went out in July). Fair rules of the game are also important: we are working closely with the State Railway Transport Inspectorate on stricter checks of weight limits so that grain is not transported to ports in violation of weight limits, ‘killing the roads’ with trucks,” said the CEO.
According to him, the company managed to work with customers in the construction industry, and against the backdrop of some market revival, construction transportation of building materials increased by 4% and cement by 10%. However, as Pertsovsky emphasized, the current ultra-low tariffs for this group of goods do not add to UZ’s profits.
The CEO explained the growth in imports by the work of colleagues from the commercial team, who were able to convince important players in the fuel market to try rail services and use our logistics with our subsidiary UZ Cargo Poland.
As for transit, it is almost non-existent in the context of the war with Russia, although the company is taking its first steps towards building multimodal routes, Pertsovsky said. He recalled that in the first half of this year, the first transit container ferries were sent to Georgia, opening up opportunities for transit to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and, in the future, increasing transit volumes from China through the “Middle Corridor.”
He also said that UZ had launched a systematic survey of freight customers. “The customer loyalty index (NPS) was -27%. It’s an honest start, but it was important to record it. We have taken specific steps (in particular, in terms of digital services and work on cargo delays) and will continue to measure progress,” Pertsovsky emphasized.
Among the issues that the company was unable to resolve in the first half of the year, he mentioned the indexation of freight tariffs, which “froze at the level of mid-2022.”
“We are working to prove that there must be a balance and a fair approach to those who make it possible to sell these cargoes – our Ukrainian railway workers,” said the CEO of UZ, pointing to wage growth and investments in the company’s customers.
As reported, in 2024, Ukrzaliznytsia increased freight traffic by 17.9% compared to the previous year, to 174.9 million tons.
Last year, UZ increased export transportation by 51.2% to 84.67 million tons, imports by 40.9% to 9.63 million tons, while domestic transportation decreased by 5.5% to 80.2 million tons.
In January-March of this year, Interpipe, an international vertically integrated pipe and wheel company (TKC), reduced its capital investments by 46.2% compared to the same period last year, from $13 million to $7 million.
According to the company’s interim report, capital investments in the pipe segment amounted to $3 million during this period, compared to $9 million in Q1 2024.
In addition, investments in the railway products segment during the reporting period also amounted to $3 million ($3 million), and in the steel and other segments – $1 million ($1 million).
It is also noted that as of March 31, 2025, consolidated total debt amounted to $268 million and consisted of $258 million in 2026 bonds and two bank credit lines (denominated in euros) totaling $10 million.
Cash and cash equivalents amounted to $312 million thanks to stable financial results and the gradual redemption of 2026 bonds. Consolidated total net debt was negative at $45 million at the end of March 2025.
The consolidated net leverage ratio (total net debt to EBITDA) as of March 31, 2025, was also negative at -0.2x.
It should be noted that since 2025, the company has reduced the amount of outstanding 2026 bonds to approximately $236 million through a public offering and a series of market buybacks.
Interpipe is a Ukrainian industrial company that manufactures steel pipes and railway products. The company’s products are supplied to more than 50 countries worldwide through a network of sales offices located in key markets in the Middle East, North America, and Europe. In 2024, the company transferred UAH 5.5 billion to budgets of all levels.
The company’s structure includes five industrial assets: Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant (NTZ), Interpipe Novomoskovsky Pipe Plant (NMTZ), Interpipe Niko-Tube, Dnipropetrovsk Vtormet, and the Dniprostal electric steel rolling complex under the Interpipe Steel brand.
The company employs approximately 9,500 people.
The ultimate owner of Interpipe Limited is Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Viktor Pinchuk and members of his family.
