Business news from Ukraine

AFTER 50% PROCESSING OF E-PROTOCOLS: SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE – 42.4%, OPPOSITION PLATFORM – FOR LIFE – 12.8%, EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY – 8.6%, BATKIVSCHYNA – 8%, HOLOS – 6.3%

According to the results of 50.01% of the protocols processed, the Servant of the People Party with 42.45% of the vote, the Opposition Platform – For Life – 12.88%, European Solidarity – 8,64%, Batkivschyna – 8.01%, and Holos – 6.38% enter the Verkhovna Rada.
According to the CEC website, the remaining parties do not yet overcome the 5% pass barrier to parliament.

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SHEBELYNKA GAS REFINERY RAISES PROCESSING BY 6%

Shebelynka gas processing plant (Kharkiv region) in January-March 2019 increased processing of crude oil by 6% (by 7,000 tonnes) compared to the same period in 2018, to 122,800 tonnes.
The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry told Interfax-Ukraine, in March 2019 processing at the plant amounted to 44,700 tonnes, which is 25.9% (9,200 tonnes) more than in the same month last year.
For the three months, the plant increased production of petrol by 53% (by 14,000 tonnes), to 40,400 tonnes, fuel oil by 31.5% (by 2,300 tonnes), to 9,600 tonnes, but reduced diesel fuel by 20.3% (by 4,700 tonnes), to 18,400 tonnes.
The loading of the plant’s capacity for the first quarter of this year was 49.1% against 46.3% in January-March 2018.

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UKRAINE INCREASES GRAPES PROCESSING BY 1.2% IN 2018

Grapes processing in Ukraine last year (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, part of the JFO area) increased by 1.2% compared with 2017, to 274,052 tonnes.
According to the State Statistics Service, out of the total amount of grapes processed for wine materials, 26.2% were actually harvested by enterprises, and the rest was purchased from households.
Odesa region last year processed 52.2% of grapes, Mykolaiv region some 35.8%, while Kherson 10.8% of the total volume.
Wine production in 2018 rose by 5.5% compared with 2017, to 19.75 million decaliters, of which 47% are table wine materials, 25.7% materials for champagne and sparkling wine, and 25.3% are wine materials for cognac.

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LARGE UKRAINIAN AGRICULTURAL GROUP WILL LAUNCH OIL PROCESSING PLANT

Kernel, one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural groups, plans to launch an oil processing plant in Starokostiantyniv district of Khmelnytsky region in early 2021, according to the annual report of Kernel Holding S.A. (Luxembourg). “The plant for processing oilseeds is located in the middle of western Ukraine, in the area with high sunflower yields and production,” chairman of the board of directors Andriy Verevsky said.
According to him, the capacity of the processing plant will be one million tonnes of grain per year, the volume of oil storage facilities is 100,000 tonnes. Commissioning is scheduled for early 2021. The construction of a combined heat and power plant with a capacity of 22 MW running on sunflower husk is also envisaged.
According to Verevsky, the company plans by the end of 2020 to install similar heat and power plants at all its plants, their total capacity will be 72 MW.
In addition, Kernel plans in 2019 to put into operation the second grain terminal of the company in Chornomorsk.
The launch of the first phase of the second terminal TransGrainTerminal with a capacity of one million tonnes per year is scheduled for January 2019. The entire terminal will be completed by the end of 2019, its capacity will be 4 million tonnes of grain per year.

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POULTRY PRODUCER AGROMARS WANTS TO BUILD PLANT FOR PROCESSING BIO WASTE

Agromars Complex LLC (Kyiv region) intends to build a plant for processing bio waste, according to the company’s website. “We discussed the design and construction of a bio waste processing plant with the leadership of the German company Kablitz. We agreed to build a plant for processing chicken manure with other waste to generate heat and electricity,” deputy technical director of the company Oleksandr Surmach said.
The company said the plant would process 330 tonnes of manure per day, producing 4.4 MWh of heat and 6.2 MWh of electricity. The preliminary construction period of the facility is about two years. The payback period is three or four years. For the construction of the plant, Agromars plans to raise funds from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. “Agromars plans to sell electricity to the state at a feed-in tariff. Today the German company is preparing a commercial offer. In the near future, we will sign a cooperation agreement,” the company said.
Agromars is the second largest producer of poultry in Ukraine (the Havrylivski Kurchata brand), a vertically integrated holding with a closed production cycle.

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