KSG Agro agricultural holding increased the multicurrency credit line at TAScombank (Kyiv) from $12 million to $18.5 million, the company said in a report published on the website of the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Monday.
“We can use these lines for sowing and harvesting […] In addition, one of the goals of increasing the credit line is to refinance foreign exchange obligations and hedge currency risks,” Chairman of the Board of Directors of KSG Agro Serhiy Kasianov said.
He said that part of the funds is also planned to be used for further reconstruction and modernization of the pig breeding farm in the village of Nyva Trudova (Dnipropetrovsk region).
According to the report, hryvnia equivalent for the volume of the credit line is UAH 522 million, the term is three years. The interest rate was not disclosed.
As reported, in April 2020, KSG Agro increased the existing credit line at TAScombank by almost $4 million, to $12 million.
The vertically integrated holding KSG Agro is engaged in pig breeding and production, storage, processing and sale of grain and oilseeds.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) is ready to transport vaccines.
“Since the beginning of 2021, the active stage of vaccination has begun all over the world, which will tend to increase throughout the current year. In order to ensure safe delivery of vaccines, UIA has prepared Boeing 737 and Boeing 767 aircraft to transport the vaccines as cargo,” the press service of UIA said on Monday.
The airline also expressed its readiness to transport the vaccine not only to Ukraine, but all over the world. At the same time, it is noted that given the peculiarities of compliance with the required temperature regimes, transportation of the vaccine by air is the fastest and most reliable method of delivery.
According to the company, since the implementation of quarantine measures, UIA has transported 870 tonnes of medical cargo.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 20/01/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of January 20
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
The purpose of the planned lease of the Arctica warehouse complex in the village of Sofiyivska Borschahivka near Kyiv by PJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) from the Dragon Capital group of companies is to store MHP products, the press service of the company has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“MHP does not buy the Arctica warehouse complex owned by Dragon Capital, but leases it. Ukrainian legislation requires permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to be obtained for lease as well,” MHP said, commenting on the consideration of the concentration case started on January 11 by the committee.
MHP is the largest chicken producer in Ukraine.
At the end of 2020, the supervisory board of MHP made a decision to establish MHP Logistics.
The founder and majority shareholder of MHP is Ukrainian businessman Yuriy Kosiuk
The Ministry of Health has developed and is preparing for implementation the National Cancer Control Strategy until 2030, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said during a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
“The Ministry of Health in 2020 has developed a National Cancer Control Strategy until 2030, the implementation of which will start in the near future,” he said.
The minister said that it is planned to expand the list of services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer under the medical guarantees program.
“In 2020, 118 medical institutions provided services for the diagnosis of oncological diseases. In 2021, we will expand the list of such services as much as possible,” Stepanov said.
