KYIV. Nov 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Four land plots with a total area of 6.12 hectares in Kherson region will be leased for building and operating wind power plants.
According to the State Service for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, the decision was approved by the directorate of the service in Kherson region.
According to the report, after formalizing all the necessary documents, the landholder will be Windkraft Tavria (Skadovsk, Kherson region), which is engaged in the construction of alternative energy objects.
“Land will be allocated from the state reserve of farmland outside settlements. At the same time, it is planned to change the purpose of the land. It will allow for building a new strategic facility in Kherson region and provide additional revenues to local budgets,” reads the report.
According to the unified state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, Windkraft Tavria LLC was registered in 2014 and is engaged in electricity generation and distribution.
KYIV. Nov 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian enterprises working with scrap ferrous metals in January-October 2015 increased exports of these products by 41.1% compared to the same period in 2014, to 1.125 million tonnes.
According to customs statistics made public by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, scrap metal exports in monetary terms rose by 6.4%, to $269.353 million.
In January-October 2015 the country reduced imports of scrap metal in natural terms by 92.2% compared to January-October 2014, to 2,154 tonnes. In monetary terms, imports fell by 83.8%, to $2.262 million.
The goods were mainly imported from Turkey (93.81% of supply in terms of money), and Moldova (3.89%). Exports mainly went to Turkey (79.10%), and Moldova (19.36%).
KYIV. Nov 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The French-Ukrainian business forum will be held in Paris on November 18, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has reported on its website.
The ministry said that on the eve of the forum, Ukrainian Trade Minister of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius met with representatives of French companies operating in Ukraine, namely Soufflet, Renault Ukraine, L’Oreal, Arcelor Mittal Steel, BNP Paribas, Danone and Auchan, to discuss the problems that prevent foreign investors from developing business in Ukraine. The meeting was focused on the extension of the moratorium on business inspections, VAT refunds, and resolving the issues of land allocation.
KYIV. Nov 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The construction of the Vinnytsia poultry farm, including its second phase, is in line with the Ukrainian and European Union (EU) certification standards, Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) told Interfax-Ukraine.
“Our companies are certified under European standards. How could production facilities that are certified not only under Ukrainian, but also under European standards negatively impact the environment? Under Ukrainian standards, the sites cannot be placed closer than one kilometer from a settlement. We’ve built [the sites] under [Ukrainian and EU] standards, otherwise we would not have received the permit. If we even did this, we would not pass European certification,” the press service of MHP reported.
The holding said it is perplexed about complaints of local residents.
“We conducted an analysis, we check odors at distances of 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 meters. The smell is almost unnoticeable at 500 meters…We don’t understand why people are outraged. Maybe due to other reasons which should be cleared up,” the press service said.
MHP said that the entire Vinnytsia poultry farm project is worth over $1 billion in investment, and the second phase includes 12 additional sites for breeding and additional slaughtering facilities.
The start of the construction of the second phase of the farm is scheduled for 2016.
On Thursday, residents of Chetverynivka of Vinnytsia region set up a roadblock and started an indefinite protest against the construction of the poultry farm. The protestors are concerned that if the farm is built, an unpleasant odor will affect settlement and the ecological situation in the area would worsen.
KYIV. Nov 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine plans to enter the top 50 in the Doing Business rankings of the World Bank next year, Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius has said.
“Now Ukraine is 83rd, while two years ago we were 112th. We plan that next year we will enter the top 50 of the Doing Business rating,” he said while speaking at IV CEE Investment Conference organized by CFA Institute in Kyiv on Friday.
He said that deregulation will remain the top priority for his ministry over the next few years, adding that 40% of permits have been liquidated and special attention has been given agriculture and transport.
Abromavicius also announced the creation of the new deregulation office with 70 employees which will focus on relaxing tax administration, connections to power lines, and other issues.
KYIV. Nov 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The board of directors of the World Bank has approved a decision to provide a loan of $560 million to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to finance a project on developing roads in Ukraine, the press service of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine reported on Wednesday.
“The new loan will secure support for the realization of some measures regarding the improvement of road network management, transport communications, and exploitation of roads and road safety on the Poltava-Kharkiv section of the highway,” the ministry said.
