ED & F Man, one of the world’s largest commodities trader, is planning to sell some of its sugar assets, Bloomberg has reported, referring to a source.
According to Bloomberg, the decision was made as the business struggles to make money amid thin industry margins.
Kyiv office of the company gave no comments on the issue. London-based office said that the company doesn’t comment on “industry speculation” and added that the company continually evaluates its business and operations and explores potential opportunities that may arise.
ED & F Man started operating in Ukraine in 2007. It owns the Zasillia sugar refinery with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes. In March 2018, the company decided to suspend operations of Zasillia sugar refinery expecting a surplus of sugar on the Ukrainian market in the medium term outlook.
ED & F Man’s subsidiary, Ukrainian Sugar company, jointly with Agro-Delo agrarian trade firm started planting sugar beets for sugar production in 2012.
The regional office of ED & F Man was opened in Kyiv in March 2017 to coordinate all business processes of the company in the Black Sea region.
Over the period of its operations in Ukraine the company has invested over $150 million in development.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Danyliuk held a meeting with Indian Ambassador Partha Satpathy on Wednesday, during which the parties discussed the state of cooperation in the field of security and defense and prospects for its further intensification. “Satpathy stressed the importance of Ukraine as a strategic partner of India in the field of military-technical cooperation, in particular, the production and supply by Ukraine of gas turbine engines for ships and joint projects in the field of aviation,” the press service of the NSDC reports.
Also, the Ambassador of India assured of the unchanged support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
According to Danyliuk, to enhance cooperation at the strategic level, the current exchange of information between Ukraine and India on security issues is relevant today.
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of june 27
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
National bank of ukraine’s official rates as of 27/06/19
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
The Ukrsadprom has addressed the Ukrainian president, prime minister and leaders of the political parties asking to introduce some measures for the development of gardening, in particular, to introduce the fixed land tax per ha depending on the type of economic activities.
According to the press service of the association, Ukrsadprom also asked to return preferential VAT for farmers, to provide state support for the export of horticultural products, and also to modernize the industry’s subsidy program with a focus on processing.
As reported, the Ukrsadvynprom association asked the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry to adapt the program of state support for gardening to berry enterprises, as well as to expand the list of wine-making areas.
Kyiv-based insurance company Unives in January-March 2019 attracted UAH 10.298 million of premiums, which is 33.8% less than during the same period in 2018, according to the Expert-Rating agency, which affirmed the company’s financial strength rating at uaA+ on the national scale.
According to the agency, part of insurance premiums owned by reinsurers rose by 1.7 percentage points and accounted for 4.17% in the structure of insurance premiums.
Insurance claim fee payments halved as compared with Q1, 2018 to 82.2% of premiums.
The assets of the insurer from March 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019 decreased by 15.73%, to UAH 114.3 million. Gross liabilities of the company for the same period dropped by 25.48%, to UAH 41.46 million, and its net worth by 8.95%, to UAH 72.88 million. As a result, the overage of the company’s liabilities by net worth increased by 31.91 percentage points and on March 31, 2019 stood at 175.77%, which indicates that the insurer maintains a very high level of capital stock.
