Ukrainian enterprises in January-May this year increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 80.3% compared to the same period last year, to $64.408 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine on Wednesday, exports of copper and copper products over the first five months of the year increased by 3.1 times, to $88.374 million.
In May, copper and copper products were imported for $14.212 million, and exported – for $20.323 million.
In addition, Ukraine in January-May 2021 increased imports of nickel and nickel products by 34.3% compared to the same period in 2020, to $42.286 million (in May – $9.536 million), and aluminum and aluminum products by 13.6%, to $167.566 million ($37.505 million). At the same time, it increased imports of lead and lead products by 2.9 times, to $4.830 million ($227,000), tin and tin products – by 58.1%, to $1.369 million ($224,000), and zinc and zinc products – by 98.8%, to $35.565 million ($7.426 million).
Exports of aluminum and aluminum products in January-May 2021 increased by 52.7% compared to January-May 2020, to $61.494 million (in May – $11.943 million), lead and lead products by 57.9% – to $14.044 million ($1.684 million), and nickel and products – by 52.2%, to $1.966 million ($599,000).
Zinc exports in January-May 2021 amounted to $17,000 (there was no export in May), while in January-May 2020 they amounted to $21,000. Exports of tin and tin products in January-May 2020 amounted to $11,000 (in May – $3,000), while in January-May 2020 – $48,000.
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEBT OF UKRAINE IN 2009-2021
Some 65% of retailers surveyed by international company Colliers Ukraine expect recovery in the Ukrainian retail market in the next year or two.
“Over the entire period of the spread of the pandemic, retailers have adapted their business processes and potentially understand where to move. As soon as the tough quarantine restrictions are eased this year, we can state the presence of deferred demand from buyers. After the quarantine, in a fairly short period of time, there is a stabilization of tenants’ turnover,” Director of Retail Agency at Colliers Ukraine Ihor Zabolotsky has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Colliers Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine that more than half (55%) of surveyed retailers were more comfortable with the total restrictions of this year, or were more prepared for the next closure of their outlets than in 2020. In particular, if last year almost 35% of surveyed retailers expected that it would take six months to recover the situation, then according to the results of the 2021 survey, only 13% believe that it will take six months to restore the pre-quarantine indicators after the spring quarantine in 2021.
As retailers note, online sales cover a larger percentage of operating costs this year compared to spring 2020.
Anti-crisis measures that retailers used to cut expenditures during the lockdown were also softer. As noted in Colliers Ukraine, this year the number of retailers who sent their staff on unpaid leave has decreased. Compared to spring 2020, the share of retailers who cut staff and closed outlets as anti-crisis measures decreased from 69% to 50%.
Some 60% of retailers noted the presence of supply disruptions during the spring of 2020, this year only 40%.
According to Zabolotsky, this year the number of operators who plan to reduce their outlets in the short term has decreased to 24% from 36% in 2020. About a third of retailers are planning to expand their chains (15.5% in 2020).
The expert added that today there are changes in the standard commercial terms of lease agreements: in a number of new agreements, the emphasis has shifted towards the percentage of turnover.
Colliers International is a leading diversified professional services provider, including investment management in commercial real estate. The company’s offices are represented in 67 countries of the world.
Ukraine has registered 1,188 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), as well as 4,682 recoveries and 55 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry press service said in a statement on Thursday.
“Ukraine registered 1,188 new cases of COVID-19 on June 17, 2021. In particular, 62 children and six medical workers contracted the virus. Over the past day, 601 persons were hospitalized, 55 died, and 4,682 recovered,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Ukraine reported 1,045 contagions the day before.
As of this date, Ukraine has recorded 2.227 million cases of COVID-19, including 2.146 million recoveries and 51,902 deaths.
On June 28, 1996, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the basic law – the first Constitution of the newest Ukrainian state.
In a difficult time for our state, as never before, we understand the importance of the fundamental law and comprehend responsibility for each step we take on the way to implementing its key principles.
The Constitution has a fundamental character, establishes the foundations of the socio-economic system of the state, the national-territorial structure, the organization and system of state power and local self-governance, defines the fundamental rights, freedoms, duties of a person and citizen, creates political and legal conditions for the formation of structures of a civil society.
The exceptional nature of the Constitution as a legal document, first of all, lies in the fact that in its best historical examples, it is not so much an act of the state as of a civil society.
International European University not only confidently opens the doors to the future, and guarantees high-quality education according to European standards, but takes an active position in the scientific world, organizing various scientific programs to highlight topical issues. For this purpose, we are holding a scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Constitution of Ukraine.
Conference topic:
“The 25th anniversary of the Constitution of Ukraine: the national tradition and European standards of constitutionalism.”
Purpose:
• Bringing Ukraine closer to the best European standards of the rule of law and protection of human rights and freedoms is one of the obligations undertaken by Ukraine when joining the Council of Europe, as well as one of the requirements for joining the EU.
• Study and discussion of new scientific and practical research topics in various fields of legal science. Exchange of views on their application and implementation.
• Exchange of experience in administration of law in various branches of law.
Thematic areas of the conference:
1. Scientific and practical paradigm of constitutionalization of the European integration process.
2. Social and legal standards and democratic values in the modern Constitution of Ukraine.
3. The constitutional process in the context of Ukraine’s European integration.
4. Constitutional foundations of the economic system of Ukraine.
5. Constitutional dialogue: availability and quality of higher education.
6. The role of the Constitution of Ukraine in the formation of the health care system in Ukraine.
7. Constitutional reform of the judicial and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine.
8. Sociological analysis of topical problems of a modern society.
Start of the conference:
June 22, 2021
09:00 – 10:30 – registration of participants and media
Location:
In the premises of the Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 4th floor, assembly hall, 42 Akademika Hlushkova Avenue, Kyiv.
To participate in the conference, we ask you, by June 21, to send an application for participation and the abstracts of the report by e-mail.
The collection of conference materials is to be posted on the official website: https://ieu.edu.ua/
The working language of the conference: Ukrainian, Russian, English.
Organizer: International European University
Co-organizers:
• Regional center for provision of free legal assistance in Kyiv
• Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
• Education and Science Department of Kyiv City State Administration
• Argument law firm
• National Lawyer international human rights association
• Association of Alumni of the Faculty of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Media partners:
• Lenta.UA
• Interfax-Ukraine
• PravdaTUT media group
• Expert Club
• Bagnet website
• Rupor website
• www.open4business.com.ua
For more information, contact:
+380636548430 Gariachun Veronika Oleksandrivna
Official website: www.ieu.edu.ua
CONFERENCE, CONSTITUTION, INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, НАВОЛОКІНА
The Ukrainian government has approved the terms of a tender for the sale of United Mining and Chemical Company with a starting price of UAH 3.7 billion.
The government informed Interfax-Ukraine that the Cabinet of Ministers adopted the corresponding decision at a meeting on June 16.
Earlier that day, the State Property Fund at the Ukraine.30 forum announced the holding of this tender in August this year.
Head of the State Property Fund Dmytro Sennychenko explained to the Interfax-Ukraine agency on the sidelines of the forum, the fund submitted the necessary documents to the government on April 27.
“We have done our job. As soon as the Cabinet of Ministers makes a decision, it will take two months until the auction,” Sennychenko said.
United Mining and Chemical Company state enterprise began its actual activity in August 2014, when the government of Ukraine decided to transfer to its management the property complexes of Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (Zhytomyr region). Then it was transformed into PJSC, and then – into PrJSC.
