Passenger traffic at Kyiv Sikorsky International Airport in January-November 2020 amounted to 670,900 passengers, which is 72.2% less than in the same period in 2019.
According to the airport’s website, the number of passengers served on international flights amounted to 656,200, on domestic – 14,700.
The number of flights in January-November 2020 amounted to 11,820 for arrival/departure, which is 53.8% less than the same period in 2019, of which international flights amounted to 9,430, domestic to 2,390.
The most popular international destinations since the beginning of 2020 were Warsaw (Poland), Minsk (Belarus), Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), London (the United Kingdom), Memmingen and Dortmund (Germany), domestic – Zaporizhia, Dnipro and Odesa.
In November 2020, the airport served 24,200 passengers, which is 86.6% less than in November 2019. The number of passengers served on international flights was 22,400, domestic flights – 1,800 passengers.
The number of flights in November 2020 was 865 for arrival/departure, which is 57.4% less than in the same period in 2019, of which international flights were 680, domestic – 185.
The most popular international destinations in November 2020 were Vilnius (Lithuania), Warsaw (Poland), Dortmund (Germany), Berlin (Germany), London (the United Kingdom), Copenhagen (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland); internal – Zaporizhia, Lviv and Odesa.
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The enterprises of Ostchem Holding, which unites the nitrogen enterprises of Dmytro Firtash’s Group DF, produced 2.5 million tonnes of mineral fertilizers in the first nine months of 2020, which is 23.8% more than in the same period last year.
Rivneazot produced 636,300 tonnes (4% more), Severodonetsk Azot 579,600 tonnes (149% more), Cherkasy Azot some 1.29 million tonnes (a rise of 9.9%).
In 9M 2020, enterprises produced a total of 1.2 million tonnes of ammonia (for the nine months of last year – 763,000 tonnes), one million tonnes of ammonium nitrate (992,000 tonnes), 665,000 tonnes of urea (450,000 tonnes), 534,000 tonnes of urea-ammonia mixture (408,000 tonnes in January-September 2019), 176,000 tonnes of lime-ammonium nitrate and 48,000 tonnes of ammonia water.
Ostchem is a nitrogen holding, part of Group DF. It brings together the chemical producers Rivneazot, Severodonetsk Azot, Cherkasy Azot, as well as the retail operator Ostchem Retail.
Group DF also includes other Firtash’s assets in gas distribution, chemical, titanium and port industries. The group also develops businesses in the field of agriculture and media.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 10/12/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of December 10
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
During the meeting, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Yulia Kovaliv and British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons discussed issues of enhancing trade relations and investments between the countries as part of the implementation of the Agreement on Political Cooperation, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership.
“Today, at a meeting with British Ambassador to Ukraine, Ms. Melinda Simmons, we discussed issues of enhancing trade relations and investments in the framework of the implementation of the Agreement on Political Cooperation, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership,” Kovaliv wrote on her Facebook page.
She also recalled that thanks to the Memorandum with UKEF signed in October 2020, the UK will be able to provide loan guarantees of up to GBP 2.5 billion for British-Ukrainian trade contracts.
“The access of business of both countries to the instrument of loan guarantees will enable to intensify cooperation and stimulate investments in the economy,” Kovaliv added.
Modular (small) filling stations are united within the National Association of Petrol Retailers to protect their interests and work out the creation of uniform rules for the placement of facilities in the event of existing contradictions in the legislation.
“Thus, the small business sector in the petroleum product market is trying to protect its legal rights and stop the obstruction of its activities by local regulatory authorities,” the association said in a press release.
According to the association, at present, the current legislation contains certain features of the legal regulation of the manufacture, certification, establishment and operation of small filling stations. In particular, small filling stations are not classified as high-risk facilities, they are not required to carry out an environmental impact assessment on the environment, they are not classified as real property.
The association said law enforcement and regulatory agencies do not take into account the peculiarities of the legal status of modular filling stations, which leads to numerous restrictions in their economic activities and relevant losses to this sector of small business.
“The members of the association emphasize that there is a contradiction in the interpretation of the provisions of the current legislation in the field of licensing of retail trade in fuel by the territorial agencies of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, which creates obstacles in the implementation of economic activities and affects the overall shadowing of the small filling station sector,” the association said.
According to the association, tax authorities unreasonably regard small filling stations as construction facilities and require from them acts of commissioning and readiness for operation of the facility.
“Such requirements of the tax authorities contribute to the monopolization of the fuel market in Ukraine and hinder its development on the basis of transparent economic competition. Therefore, the members of the association demand the creation of unified regulatory, production, construction, administrative and procedural bases for the placement of small filling stations,” the association said.
First of all, this concerns the formulation of clear explanations regarding the regulation of the activities of small filling stations and the definition of limiting list of documents required for licensing retail trade in fuel in accordance with Part 38 of Article 15 of the law on state regulation of the production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, cognac and fruit alcohol, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and fuel.
The association draws the attention of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy to these problems of regulatory support in order to obtain substantiated professional explanations and recommendations. “This will make it possible to obtain uniform transparent principles for licensing retail trade in fuel for all market participants,” the association said.
