Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer during a meeting with members of the National Council in the main committee on EU issues categorically opposed the “accelerated procedure” of Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the European Union, the press service of the Austrian parliament reports.
“Nehammer told FPO MPs Petra Steger, Christian Hafeneker and Axel Kassegger that Austria would not agree to negotiate Ukraine’s accession under the current conditions. There should not be any preferential treatment for Ukraine, especially in relation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is also currently in accession negotiations,” the statement said.
He also noted that the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen did not hold consultations before announcing the prospect of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession.
Separately, Nehammer noted that in order for the EU to be “suitable” for enlargement, internal reforms must be carried out.
“In general, Austria continues to follow the EU line when it comes to solidarity with Ukraine, but without violating its neutrality,” Nehammer explained. “It is primarily about financial assistance to support Ukraine as a ‘state as a whole,'” the statement said.
In January-November this year, Ukrainian companies doubled their imports of copper and copper products in value terms compared to the same period last year, to $119.939 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of copper and copper products decreased by 21.8% to $65.172 million over the period.
In November, the country imported copper worth $15.907 million and exported it worth $3.802 million.
In addition, in 11 months of 2023, Ukraine reduced imports of nickel and products by 75.7% compared to the same period in 2022 to $14.366 million ($1.928 million in November), while aluminum and aluminum products increased by 7.6% to $334.511 million ($26.885 million).
At the same time, it reduced imports of lead and lead products by 67.5% to $919 thousand ($28 thousand), imports of tin and tin products by 23% to $2.419 million ($135 thousand), but increased imports of zinc and zinc products by 23.3% to $42.302 million ($4.776 million).
In January-November this year, exports of aluminum and aluminum products decreased by 1.7% compared to the same period last year to $89.183 million ($7.176 million in November), exports of lead and lead products increased by 33.1% to $14.074 million ($1.267 million), and exports of nickel and nickel products amounted to $508 thousand ($251 thousand), while in 11 months of 2022 it was $1.168 million.
Zinc was exported for $117 thousand over 11 months (in November – $19 thousand) against $1.321 million in January-November 2022. Exports of tin and tin products amounted to $79 thousand (up $22 thousand in November) against $423 thousand in 11 months of 2012.
As reported, in 2022, Ukrainian enterprises reduced imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 64.3% compared to the previous year – to $65.370 million, while their exports decreased by 56.3% to $90.245 million.
In addition, in 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of nickel and nickel products by 49.9% compared to 2021, to $59.754 million, and aluminum and aluminum products by 33.4%, to $340.398 million. At the same time, it reduced imports of lead and lead products by 66.6%, to $2.839 million.
Imports of tin and tin products fell by 33.5% to $3.312 million, and imports of zinc and zinc products decreased by 58.7% to $38.690 million.
In 2022, exports of aluminum and aluminum products decreased by 42.7% compared to 2021, to $96.972 million, lead and lead products – by 68.7%, to $11.970 million, and nickel and nickel products – by 73.9%, to $1.268 million.
Zinc exports in 2022 amounted to $1.331 million, while in 2021 they amounted to $550 thousand. Exports of tin and products in 2022 amounted to $424 thousand, compared to $346 thousand in the previous year.
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Oil prices continue to rise moderately on Tuesday morning, recovering from a decline over the past seven weeks.
The price of February futures for Brent on the London ICE Futures exchange at 7:07 a.m. is $76.54 per barrel, which is $0.51 (0.67%) higher than at the close of the previous session. On Monday, these contracts rose in price by 19 cents to $76.03 per barrel.
Quotes for January futures for WTI in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) by this time increased by $0.54 (0.76%) to $71.86 per barrel. At the end of the previous session, they rose by 9 cents to $71.32 per barrel.
Prior to that, both brands had been in the red for seven weeks in a row, which has not been seen since 2018.
The day before, oil rose in price “due to short-term oversold conditions in the futures market” after WTI quotes tested a key resistance level, said Tyler Ritchie, editor of Sevens Report Research. The market was also supported by improved investor sentiment and demand for risky assets, he added.
At the same time, a negative factor was the data that consumer prices in China in November fell by 0.5% in annual terms, the highest rate in three years. Deflation in China was recorded for the second month in a row, which indicates a weakening in demand for raw materials for the industrial sector, Market Watch notes.
“We see that growth is weakening in China, Europe is in recession or on the verge of recession, and the US economy has also slowed down, although not as much as others,” said JonesTrading analyst Mike O’Rourke. – “That’s why the price of WTI remains around $70 per barrel.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has fined Zdorovye Pharmaceutical Company (Kharkiv) for unlawful use of the packaging design of the drug Panthenol Plus, which is similar to the packaging design of the drug Bepanten Plus used by Bayer LLC.
According to the AMCU, the pharmaceutical company “Zdorovye” was fined UAH 719.348 thousand.
According to Bayer, the design of the package of the drug Panthenol Plus is similar to the design of the package of Bepanten Plus to the extent of mixing, and Bayer did not grant permission to use a similar design of the package of Bepanten Plus.
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