The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-April 2022 fell by almost 97.6% compared to the same period in 2021, to $29.6 million from $1.237 billion, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.
According to its data, the export of goods from Ukraine for the reporting period compared with January-April 2021 declined by 12.3%, to $16.712 billion, imports fell by 17.5%, to $16.742 billion.
The State Statistics Service said that in April this year, compared to March 2022, the seasonally adjusted volume of exports increased by 7.2%, to $2.727 billion, and imports, by 65.1%, to $2.78 billion.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in April 2022 was negative and amounted to $0.053 billion, which is better than in April 2021, when the seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance was also negative at $0.359 billion.
The State Statistics Service recalls that in March 2022 it was positive and amounted to $0.86 billion.
The export-to-import coverage ratio in January-April 2022 amounted to 1.00 (in January-April 2021 – 0.94).
The State Statistics Service said that foreign trade operations were carried out with partners from 215 countries.
The German government has decided to extend the term of trust management of the gas company Gazprom Germania GmbH for the period and after September 2022 and rename it Securing Energy for Europe GmbH.
“The Office of the Federal Chancellor, the Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection and the Ministry of Finance have decided to extend the trust management of Gazprom Germania GmbH (GPG) until September 2022 and beyond. Specifically, the trust management is designed to ensure energy supply and must comply with the provisions of the amendments to the energy security law,” it said. in a statement from the German government.
Earlier, the German government decided to transfer the management of the company to trustees by the end of September 2022.
In addition, a rebranding is planned.
“Gazprom Germania GmbH will be renamed Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE). This will send a clear signal to the market that the goal of the measures taken is to ensure energy security in Germany and Europe. This is what the SEFE production model will be designed for,” the report says. .
A credit loan from KfW bank will help to avoid the bankruptcy of the enterprise and the “cascading” effect on the market, the Cabinet of Ministers indicates.
In early April 2022, the German Ministry of Economy instructed to transfer Gazprom Germania under the control of the Federal Network Agency. The head of the ministry, Robert Habek, justified the decision with the company’s non-transparent legal relations and violation of registration rules. The decision was valid until 30 September.
Earlier, Gazprom reported that it had ceased to control Gazprom Germania and all its assets. We are talking about the WINGAS/WIEE distributor, the astora storage operator.
In 2019, the consolidated turnover of Gazprom Germania amounted to 24 billion euros, in 2020 – 13 billion euros.
Services of intermediaries in wholesale trade, legal services, audit and tax consulting, services in the field of intellectual property rights, engineering, architectural and engineering services, services for the formation of documents and reporting and consulting services, services for certification of products are included in the list of critical import.
The corresponding resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 673 of June 7 is published on its website.
According to him, this list also added, in particular, such services as repair of car interiors, locomotives and wagons, subscriptions to Internet platforms and other access to programs, as well as other information services, drug development services.
In addition, the list includes postal services, as well as a number of services in the field of IT and logistics.
The government also partially corrected and expanded the list of critical imports. In particular, it included bees, bumblebees, milk cheese, butter, fresh tomatoes, pasta, and a number of gluten-free products.
The updated list was replenished with refractory clay, marble, lime flux, deodorants, Portland cement, plasticine, windows, balcony doors, scrap metal and tram cars.
As reported, the list of critical imports introduced since the beginning of the war, according to the NBU, after numerous expansions, today covers about 90% of all pre-war imports of goods and about 40% of imports of services.
Volume of construction products produced by type in of Jan 2022 (mln UAH)
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Nova Poshta Global, which is part of the Nova Poshta group of companies, resumes delivery from the online store AliExpress (China) directly to Ukraine from June 15, the press service of the NP reported on Tuesday.
“This is the most anticipated resumption of delivery that the Ukrainians have been waiting for. We held dozens of meetings with our partner to assure him that we are working as usual and have already restored the pre-war speed. Now users can once again order delivery of goods from AliExpress directly from the site to a convenient branch or “Nova Poshta” post office. To do this, you need to specify the AliExpress Standard Shipping option and select the nearest operating branch / post office on the map, “Novaya Poshta Global CEO Yuri Benevitsky is quoted.
The postal operator notes that before the war, AliExpress headed the TOP of the most beloved foreign online stores of Ukrainians. On average, Novaya Poshta customers ordered about 2.6 tons of goods from AliExpress per day.
Currently, the updated AliExpress platform app is not available to users in Ukraine.
The pharmaceutical marketing company Euro Lifecare, together with the Ukrainian pharmaceutical distributor Konark Intelmed, handed over a modern ambulance to Kharkiv.
As Interfax-Ukraine was informed by the company, the car arrived in Kharkiv from the city of Lille (France), which since 1978 has been Kharkiv’s sister city. The car was handed over with the direct participation of patron Josseline Van Hove and the parish of the Greek Catholic Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God of Lille, its rector, Father Igor Nakonechny, and Kharkov volunteers.
“From the beginning of this difficult time for the Ukrainian people, on February 24, 2022, together with Konark Intelmed and volunteers, we set up a humanitarian headquarters based on the company’s warehouse in Kharkiv, we constantly provide humanitarian assistance in the form of pharmaceuticals. Now we have helped to purchase a modern ambulance for Kharkov and the region. We believe and hope that it will help our doctors and save more than one life,” emphasized Euro Lifecare.
Euro Lifecare is a member of the Indian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IPMA), which brings together Indian pharmaceutical manufacturing companies that meet high international standards: US FDA (USA), UK MHRA (UK), MCC (South Africa), TGA (Australia) ), WHO GMP (WHO), GMP (Ukraine) and having representative offices in Ukraine.
