The primary market for used cars in Ukraine in 2017 grew by 3.3 times compared to 2016, to 56,744 units, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.
According to its data, the highest demand last year was observed for cars of European origin, the leader of which was Renault, heading the rating for seven months of the year. Over the year some 10,451 cars of this brand were sold. The largest share of sales was that of the Megane model (7,816 units).
Volkswagen ranked second. A total of 10,068 cars of this German brand were registered, the most popular model of which was Passat (4,688 units).
Skoda cars, which consistently held third place during the year, were registered in the amount of 6,768 units, while the best seller was Octavia (3,638 units).
The Opel brand ranked fourth. A total of 4,494 used cars of this brand were registered, and the most popular model was Opel Astra (1,902 units).
The Nissan brand, despite the weakening of positions by the end of the year (in November and December it ranked seventh), managed to remain in the top five brands with 2,924 cars registered. Most of registered used Nissan cars are electric cars Leaf (2,008 units).
Ukrenergo and Moldelectrica state enterprise have agreed on their plan to synchronize the power systems with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), the press service of Ukrenergo has said, with reference to a meeting held in Chisinau.
In particular, the parties discussed the draft operational agreement on the establishment of a regulatory unit within Ukraine and Moldova, which is one of the key tasks of the plan of synchronization with ENTSO-E, as well as the roadmap and its annexes. The implementation of the roadmap activities is planned for 2018.
“This agreement will resume all organizational and technological documents and regulations, which today ensure the parallel operation of the energy systems of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova,” Ukrenergo noted.
As reported, in June 2017 Ukrenergo Head Vsevolod Kovalchuk signed an agreement on the conditions for the future integration of the energy systems of Ukraine and Moldova with ENTSO-E. In July the agreement came into force after it had been signed by the necessary number of European system operators.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the permit to sell donor blood preparations outside the country in 2018 for Biofarma Plasma LLC.
Cabinet resolution No. 1005 dated December 27, 2017 was published in the Uriadovy Kurier newspaper on December 30, 2017.
Biofarma Plasma was permitted to export 32 medicines and medical devices.
As reported, Biofarma built a pharmaceutical plant in Bila Tserkva (Kyiv region) in 2014, investing $42 million in it.
Biofarma is among the ten largest Ukrainian drug manufactures. Biofarma produces more than 20 immunobiological preparations of blood, as well as drugs obtained by recombinant DNA technology and probiotics.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has permitted Dragon Capital Investments Limited (Nicosia, Cyprus) to acquire stakes in Ukrainian Commercial Property LLC (Zaporizhia) and Phoenix Capital LLC (Lviv), which own ECO Tower class A business center (earlier Baida Business Hall) and Victoria Gardens shopping and leisure center respectively.
The committee said on Tuesday that it permitted Dragon Capital to acquire stakes in the charter capital of the two companies exceeding 50% of the votes in the management bodies of the companies.
As reported, the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Victoria Gardens shopping and leisure center with gross area of 102,000 square meters located on intersection of Naukova and Kulparkivska streets in Lviv took place on October 29, 2016. As of July 2015, JLL said that total investment in the center reached $110 million.
ECO Tower was built in March 2011. Its gross area is 18,700 square meters.
According to the unified public register, Phoenix Capital LLC belongs to Globcon Limited (Britain). Beneficiaries of the company are Suleyman Hazinedaroglu and Burak Baslilar (both from Turkey).
