Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

Successful business together with laboratory market experts: CSD LAB about cooperation formats

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USAID to Give $1.5 Mln in Grants to Support Export Alliances

The USAID Competitive Economy of Ukraine program announced a grant program to create and support associations of businesses into export alliances with a total funding of $1.5 million, the Economy Ministry press service said Friday.
“Grant support for export alliances will strengthen the potential of Ukrainian enterprises and encourage them to unite for common goals of conquering new markets,” USAID project manager Natalya Petrova said in a statement.
The program offers about 15 grants, ranging from $35,000 to $150,000. Applications will be accepted till September 30, 2023. Given the considerable interest, reception and consideration of applications will be held in stages on June 30 and September 30, 2023.
The Ministry of Economy added that the goal of the grant program is to support businesses seeking to jointly promote their products in international markets. The initiative is implemented in partnership with the Office for Entrepreneurship and Export Development and the national project “Dia.Biznes”.
As the press service specified, the priority sectors for grant support are information technology, engineering, manufacturing, and creative industries and services. However, this USAID program is open to applications to support other sectors that meet the selection criteria.
The USAID Competitive Economy of Ukraine (CEU) program supports start-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to increase their competitiveness in Ukraine’s domestic market and in international markets, assists in the development of a simplified and transparent business climate, and provides opportunities for Ukrainian companies to take advantage of international trade. A key instrument for implementing the USAID QEU program is the $12.5 million grant program at the national scale for 2018-2023.

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Ukraine stopped imports of manganese ore

Ukraine in April this year stopped importing manganese ore and concentrate in physical terms, having previously reduced its imports to a minimum.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), Ukraine as a whole in January-April this year reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in kind to a minimum – to 488 tons from 91.021 thousand tons in the same period last year (down 99.5%).
In monetary terms, imports of manganese ore and concentrate amounted to $85 thousand in the mentioned period, while in January-April 2022 it was $12.248 million (a 99.3% decrease).
At that, imports were carried out from Slovakia (95.29% of deliveries in money terms) and from India (4.71%).
In 4M-2023, Ukraine did not export manganese ore and concentrate, as in January-April 2022.
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in volume terms by 68.1% year-on-year to 135,798 thousand tons, and in monetary terms by 66.4%, to $18.098 million. Most imports were from Ghana (99.16% of supplies in monetary terms), Slovakia (0.71%) and Belgium (0.10%). In August-November 2022, there were almost no imports of manganese ore.
For 2022, Ukraine did not supply manganese ore and concentrate for export.
Ukraine mines and enriches manganese ore at the Pokrovsky (formerly Ordzhonikidze) and Marganets mining and processing plants (both in Dnepropetrovsk Region).
Consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy plants.

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Ukraine reduced exports of iron ore raw materials by 2.4 times

In January-April this year, mining companies in Ukraine reduced the export of iron ore raw materials (iron ore) in physical terms by 2.44 times compared to the same period last year – up to 5 million 324.686 thousand tons.
According to the statistics, released by the State Customs Service (SCS), over the period the currency proceeds from the export of iron ore amounted to $ 591.5 million, which is 2.7 times less than over the same period last year.
The export of iron ore products was carried out mainly to Slovakia (27.37% of supplies in monetary terms), Czech Republic (25.82%) and Poland (24.04%).
In the first four months of this year, Ukraine imported iron ore products for $41 thousand and a total of 67 tons, whereas in January-April 2022 there were imported iron ore products for $1 thousand and a total of 2 tons.
Imports for this period came from Norway (58.54%) and Italy (41.46%).
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine has reduced the export of iron ore products in kind by 45.9% compared to the previous year – up to 23 million 984.623 tons, foreign exchange earnings decreased by 57.8% to $2 billion 912.974 million.
Exports of iron ore products was carried out mainly to Slovakia (19.23% in monetary terms), Czech Republic (17.32%) and Poland (16.49%).
Last year Ukraine imported iron ore to the amount of $65 thousand in total 101 tons, while in 2021 – $184 thousand in the amount of 1.202 tons.
Imports were carried out from Norway (36.92%), the Netherlands (27.69%) and the UK (16.92%).

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President of Ukraine: there is politics in decisions to ban grain imports from Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that there is “politics” in the decisions of a number of countries that have banned imports of Ukrainian grain.
“I am grateful to my neighbors who support us, but to be honest, there is politics there. We have the Black Sea blocked and we need help with weapons. We can’t risk relations with some countries,” he said Saturday in an interview with Italian media.
“And I understand that some political currents are taking advantage of this situation and instigating farmers to block grain shipments. But they have no right to block transit,” he said.
“We will solve these issues,” Zelensky stressed.

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At the presidential elections in Turkey, after counting 94% of ballots, Erdogan won 49.47%.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 49.5% of the votes, while Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the opposition, got almost 45%, according to the results of counting about 50% of the votes in the Turkish presidential elections, Anadolu Agency reports.

According to the count, 55-year-old Sinan Ogan of the ATA (Ancestral Alliance) has so far received 5.3% of the vote.

At the same time, only 6.7% of overseas ballots have been counted. Of these, 56.3% of the votes were cast for Erdogan and 40.1% for Kılıçdaroğlu.

Polling stations across the country closed at 5:00 p.m. local time, as planned.

Source: https://secim.aa.com.tr/