The state-owned Ukrgasbank (Kyiv) has put up for sale via the OpenMarket platform (SE SETAM of the Ministry of Justice) an administrative and production complex at 2-b Kurenivska Street in Obolon district of Kyiv with a starting price of UAH 240.2 million.
According to the press service of SETAM, the lot consists of an administrative building (4.8 thousand square meters), a brick garage (49.8 square meters) and warehouse buildings (15.9 thousand square meters in total). The total area of the complex is 20.9 thousand square meters.
It is noted that the components of the complex are under five arrests in criminal proceedings, and there is a dispute over the ownership. Other restrictions include the bank’s right to use utilities, the absence of contracts for the supply of utilities, including electricity, gas, and water.
The auction based on the Dutch model is scheduled for April 22.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, Ukrgasbank was ranked fifth in terms of assets (UAH 213.72 billion) among 61 banks at the beginning of this year.
The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) imposed a final anti-dumping duty of 35.7% on imports of household matches to Ukraine on April 16.
According to the ICIT’s announcement in the Uryadovyi Kurier newspaper on Friday, the decision will enter into force 30 days after the date of publication of the announcement.
The ICIT reminds that the anti-dumping investigation was initiated by the decision of April 12 against imports of matches from India and Pakistan at the complaint of Ukrainian Match Factory LLC, which has a share of more than 50% in the total production of matches in Ukraine.
At the same time, it was found that during the investigation period (April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024), imports of matches from India were carried out at dumping prices, while there were no imports from Pakistan.
The ICIT found that during the study period (January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2024), the volume of dumped imports decreased by 47.3% in absolute terms, while increasing by 27.8% in relation to the total production of the product in Ukraine and by 26.4% in relation to consumption.
In addition, the national producer’s production volumes decreased by 58.7%, the level of production capacity utilization by 58.7%, domestic sales by 58.1%, financial result from domestic sales in dollar terms by 229.4%, in hryvnia terms by 275.3%, and profitability from domestic sales by 390.4%, which was negative.
The number of production workers also decreased by 2.4%, wages by 32.1%, labor productivity by 57.7%, investment by 100%, and warehouse balances increased by 134.1%.
The Commission found that the Republic of India has a significant export potential, which indicates the likelihood of a significant increase in the volume of dumped imports of matches from this country in the future.
The anti-dumping measures are applied to matches, except for pyrotechnic products of heading 3604, classified under code 3605 00 00 00 according to the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity.
Ukrainian Match Factory LLC was founded in 1995, with production facilities located in Rivne region. The design capacity of the factory is 630 million boxes of matches per year. The products are supplied to all regions of Ukraine and abroad.
According to opendatabot, in 2024, the factory suffered a loss of almost UAH 26 million (3% more than a year earlier), while net income increased by 9.7% to UAH 175.2 million. At the same time, in 2022, it had a profit of UAH 38 million and revenue of UAH 373.5 million.
The founder of the company is listed as British Paxstone Limited, and the ultimate beneficiary is Maria Fursina from Kyiv.
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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects a significant increase in grain, oilseeds and vegetable harvests in 2025, in the range of 10-17%.
“As for grains, we expect a 12% increase in harvests, 10% in oilseeds, and 17% in vegetables and potatoes,” said NBU Deputy Governor Sergiy Nikolaychuk at a press briefing on Thursday.
According to him, spring frosts and potentially prolonged periods of drought could negatively affect the yields of certain crops and put some pressure on prices, and this is considered a risk.
At the same time, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, there is no significant damage to crops from frost, the NBU Deputy Governor noted.
“Therefore, I would like to reiterate our thesis that a significant slowdown in food inflation in the second half of the year is one of the important factors behind the overall slowdown in inflation in the second half of the year. And, in fact, this is our baseline scenario,” Mr. Nikolaychuk emphasized.
According to him, after the prices for agricultural products rose quite significantly last year, the potential for further price increases, even if negative risks materialize, will be limited by the relevant imports.
The NBU deputy governor added that the current harvest forecast is not much different from the one published in January.
Mr. Nikolaychuk emphasized that according to the operational data coming from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, no serious damage to crops due to frost has been recorded so far.
As reported, this year’s planting season is 20.6% behind last year’s. As of April 11, Ukraine sowed more than 1 million hectares of spring grains and legumes.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering closing nearly 30 diplomatic missions around the world, including two consulates in Bosnia and Herzegovina – in Mostar and Banja Luka. This was reported by the Serbian Economist with reference to an internal document of the US State Department.
The plans to reduce the diplomatic presence are related to the Trump administration’s intention to optimize federal budget expenditures. According to The New York Times, the closure of 10 embassies and 17 consulates is being considered, as well as the reduction or consolidation of staff in other foreign missions.
In Europe, the embassies in Luxembourg and Malta, as well as consulates in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom are under threat of closure. In Africa, embassies in the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Gambia, Lesotho, the Republic of Congo and South Sudan are to be closed.
The authorities of Republika Srpska, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, commented on the possible closure of US consulates as part of the US economic strategy. The Chairman of the
Republika Srpska National Assembly Chairman Nenad Stevandic noted that this reflects a change in Washington’s political course.
Meanwhile, the US Embassy in Sarajevo said it had no information about plans to close consulates and was continuing to operate as usual.
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In 2024, Ukrzaliznytsia’s quarries extracted about 1.3 million cubic meters(1,288.43 thousand cubic meters) of non-metallic minerals (excluding underground water).
Production in 2024 exceeded the volume of 2023 by 1.9% (1264.29 thousand cubic meters), but did not reach the level of 2021 (1556.19 thousand cubic meters).
In 2024, production was recorded at 12 out of 19 open pits; as of April 2025, subsoil use is carried out by 13 production units. Due to the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, two mining assets of Ukrzaliznytsia from 2022 are located in the temporarily occupied territory (Khlebodarovskiy and Trudovskiy).
The largest volumes of extraction (more than 100 thousand cubic meters in solids each) were shown by Hlystunivskyi (Cherkasy region), Kryukivskyi (Poltava region), Znamenskyi (Kirovograd region), Penizyvitskyi (Zhytomyr region), Kamyanitskyi (Zakarpattya region), Tomashhorodskyi (Rivne region), Redutskyi quarries (Poltava region).
Hlystunovskiy quarry has been the leader in terms of the volume of mined material for all four years. This production unit extracted the most in 2023 – 275.26 thousand cubic meters, in 2024 production decreased to 213.45 thousand cubic meters. This quarry is also the leader in production and sales of crushed stone products (see below).
The largest increase in production in 2024 was shown by Penyzevitsky quarry (+146.6% compared to 2023).
Top 5 quarries of Ukrzaliznytsia by production volumes in 2024:
Kryukivskyi, Korolevskyi and Samchynetskyi quarries demonstrated stable upward dynamics of production in 2022-24.
The total volume of products (except water) produced by Ukrzaliznytsia JSC quarries in 2024 amounted to 3,376.45 thousand tons (+2.1% to 2023).
Top 5 quarries of Ukrzaliznytsia in terms of the volume of products produced in 2024:
The most rapid increase in production (against the background of low comparative base of 2023) was recorded at Bechovskiy (+422%) and Klesovskiy (+141%) quarries.
Total sales of products (except water) in 2024 amounted to 2,289.35 thousand tons (-10.7% vs. 2023).
Top 5 quarries of Ukrzaliznytsia by volume of sold products in 2024:
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The PMU also reported the names of the heads of mining production units as of April 2025:
There is no data on the heads of Khlebodarivskyi and Trudivskyi quarries, which are located in the temporarily occupied territory.
The main production of the railroad quarries is crushed stone of 25-60 mm fraction for the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia.
Since February 2025. The PMU has been headed by Oleg Lapyuk, the former head of the Kryukiv and Tomashgorod quarries. His predecessor Vladimir Naumenko headed the branch in 2023-2025.
In 2020-2021, against the background of multimillion losses of mining divisions (-200 million UAH in 11 months of 2020), Ukrzaliznytsia announced its intention to put some quarries for privatization.
Ukrzaliznytsia is also a producer of bottled water.
Read more at: https://nadra.info/2025/04/ukrzaliznytsias-quarries-how-much-was-mined-produced-and-sold-in-2021-2024/
