The Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim intends to resume exports of oil products in January, Belneftekhim Deputy CEO Vladimir Sizov said.
“The resumption of [exports of oil products] is expected in January,” the state news agency BelTA quoted Sizov as saying on Saturday.
The resumption of exports “depends on how rhythmically and quickly the contracts are concluded,” he said.
“We expect that all possible restrictions will be lifted by the end of January – at least this is an optimistic scenario,” Sizov said.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 08/01/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of January 8
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
Ukrainian farmers under the government-funded program to support acquisition of Ukrainian machinery and equipment bought it for the amount of over UAH 5.77 billion in 2019, which is 31.2% more than in 2018, Secretary of the National Committee for Industrial Development Olena Salikhova has said.
“At the same time, the amount of compensation [25% of the cost] for the purchased equipment according to the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, in fact in 2019 amounted to UAH 640 million (applications submitted by farmers in September were satisfied), while applications filed in October-November for the amount of UAH 563 million were not compensated, but the equipment was purchased,” she said during a Thursday working meeting with Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Taras Vysotsky with agricultural associations devoted to support programs for 2020.
In turn, Vysotsky said that this program was underfunded due to the fact that the budget provided for these purposes less funds (UAH 682 million) than the demand for this program.
“Farmers bought a lot more equipment under the program than there were funds in the budget, so we can discuss the possibility of considering this compensation in 2020. Our position is to complete all the programs,” the deputy minister said.
He said that in the fourth quarter, when there was no money left for compensation, farmers purchased equipment for UAH 2 billion, which means compensation for another UAH 500 million.
Prices for construction and assembly work in Ukraine in January-November 2019 increased by 6.5% compared with January-November 2018, the State Statistics Service has reported.
According to statistics, since the beginning of the year prices have risen in all segments of construction. So, in residential construction the growth was 8.8%, in non-residential some 5.1%, in engineering some 5.7%.
In November 2019 from November 2018, the cost of construction work in residential construction rose by 3.8%, in engineering by 0.3%, while in non-residential construction the decrease was 1.6%.
In addition, the State Statistics Service said that in November compared with October, the cost of construction of residential buildings decreased slightly, by 0.5%, non-residential by 0.6%, while engineering structures increased by 0.4%.
According to its data, in 2018 prices for construction work in Ukraine increased by 23% compared to the previous year, while in 2017 by 13.4%.
The indicators are given without taking into account the annexed territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the State Statistics Service notes.
