One troy ounce=31.10 grams
Ukraine in January 2019 saw an 18.3% increase in pig iron exports in physical terms compared to the same period of 2018, to 276,408 tonnes.
During this period, the exports of pig iron in monetary terms increased by 25% to $95.082 million, the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine said in its customs statistics update.
At the same time, pig iron was shipped mainly to the United States (63.79% of deliveries in monetary terms), Italy (12.42%) and Mexico (11.01%).
In January 2019, Ukraine imported 21 tonnes of pig iron in the amount of $9,000, while in January 2018 imports totaled 50 tonnes worth $35,000. Imports were from Russia (100% of deliveries in monetary terms).
Kyiv Sikorsky Airport in January 2019 handled 224,600 passengers, which was 44.2% more than in January 2018.
The number of passengers on international flights was 219,800 people and that on domestic flights was 4,800 people, the airport’s press service said. The number of flights handled by the airport in January 2019 was 2,282, both arrivals and departures, which was 21.6% more than the same period in 2018. In particular, there were 1,965 international flights and 317 domestic flights.
The most popular international destinations in January 2019 were Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt), Warsaw (Poland), Minsk (Belarus), Vienna (Austria), Ankara (Turkey), Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Berlin (Germany). Odesa, Lviv, and Zaporizhia were popular domestic destinations.
Kyiv Sikorsky International Airport (Zhuliany) is located in the business center of the capital, seven km from the city center. It is the second largest airport in Ukraine in terms of the number of flights and passenger traffic.
The airport has three terminals with a total area is 21,000 square meters. Terminal B is a separate facility for business-class service, it is part of the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) system. The airport’s runway is able to handle B-737 and A-320 aircraft.
In 2018, the airport serviced 2.812 million passengers, which was 52% more than in 2017. The number of flights was 30,248, which was 30.1% more than 2017.
PrJSC MetLife (Kyiv) saw UAH 166.5 million in net profit in 2018, which is 43.6% more than a year ago (UAH 115.9 million), according to the materials to the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders of the insurer scheduled for March 14, 2019.
Undistributed profit of the company for 2018 amounted to UAH 84.077 million, which is 2.5 times more than in 2017.
Last year, the company increased its assets 22.8% compared with 2017, to UAH 2.619 billion.
The net worth of the insurer for the year increased 18.5%, to UAH 325 million.
Total accounts receivable increased 28%, to UAH 49.6 million, cash and cash equivalents decreased 77.8%, to UAH 124.363 million, current liabilities increased 35.5%, to UAH 134.4 million, and long-term liabilities – by 22.7%, to UAH 2.159 billion.
Private joint-stock company MetLife, registered in 2002, is part of the MetLife international group of companies.
