Main trade partners of Ukraine in % from total volume (export from Ukraine to other countries) in Jan-Aug.
SSC of Ukraine
The manufacturer of ambulance vehicles Avtospetsprom LLC (Kyiv region) has received a certificate of compliance from the French company Groupe PSA.
According to a press release from Avtospetsprom, the certification was carried out by the French inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas. The criteria were divided into groups, compliance with which was measured on a 100-point scale. Avtospetsprom received a score of 93 points for the production process, 92 points for quality control and 93 points for the supply chain.
“With an average score of 90 in all parameters, the company received the highest third level of assessment. This is the first time in history of the country when a document of this level was received by a Ukrainian company that converts the base chassis into ambulances. The certificate testifies that the quality of ambulance vehicles assembly at Avtospetsprom LLC fully complies with the requirements of Groupe PSA,” the company reports.
As the Interfax-Ukraine agency was told by the company, since the beginning of 2020, Avtospetsprom has produced 210 ambulances. In 2019, the company produced over 700 ambulances of all types.
Avtospetsprom LLC has been operating since 2012, it is one of the leading manufacturers of emergency (ambulance) medical care vehicles and the main supplier of such vehicles for public and private medical institutions in Ukraine.
In April and May 2020, the second largest autoproducer in Europe, Groupe PSA, together with Avtospetsprom, implemented a campaign to assist the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and regional medical institutions in maintaining the proper technical condition of Peugeot and Citroën ambulances. The companies jointly repaired 100 ambulances.
Ukraine and ten other countries have joined the EU sanctions against the terrorist organizations ISIS and Al-Qaeda, as well as individuals, groups, enterprises and organizations associated with them, the European Council said.
“The Candidate Countries the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania2, the country of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the EFTA countries Iceland and Liechtenstein, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia align themselves with this Council Decision,” the European Council said on its website on Thursday.
It is noted that these countries will ensure that their national policies conform to these Council Decisions.
“The European Union takes note of this commitment and welcomes it,” the message reads.
On 19 October 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/15161. The Council Decision extends the existing restrictive measures until 31 October 2021.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 27/11/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of November 27
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has reduced the deficit in the draft national budget for 2021 from 6% to 5.5% of GDP, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.
“An opportunity has been found to reduce the budget deficit to GDP from 6%, as proposed at first reading, to 5.5%,” he said at an extraordinary government meeting on Thursday.
Thus, the deficit was reduced by UAH 24 billion, to UAH 246.35 billion.
In the initial draft, state budget revenues were determined at the level of UAH 1.071 trillion, expenses – UAH 1.331 trillion. The new wording of the bill provides for UAH 1.092 trillion in revenues and UAH 1.328 trillion in expenses.
As reported, the state budget for 2020 provides for a deficit of 7.5% of GDP.
