Ovostar Union, one of the leading egg and egg products producer in Ukraine, in January-March 2019 cut shell eggs sales by 2% year-over-year, to 335 million.
According to a company report on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) last week, export sales of shell eggs grew by 35% year-over-year and reached 186 million, which represents 56% of total number of eggs sold in Q1 2019 (40% in Q1 2018).
Average price of eggs in Q1 2019 decreased 8% year-over-year in U.S. dollar terms, to $0.069 per egg.
The volume of eggs produced in Q1 2019 was 384 million, a slight decline year-over-year. The volume of eggs processed in Q1 2019 grew by 3% year-over-year and reached 142 million.
The volume of dry egg products sold amounted to 532 tonnes, out of which 373 tonnes, or 70%, were exported.
The volume of liquid egg products sold was 3,498 tonnes, out of which export sales equaled 1,636 tonnes or 47%.
Average price of dry egg products decreased year-over-year by 8% to $4.63 per kg; average price of liquid egg products fell by 2%, to $1.46 per kg.
As of March 31, 2019 the company’s total flock equaled 7.86 million hens, including 6.67 laying hens.
“In the first quarter of 2019 unfavorable price dynamics was observed on the local market. However, the company managed to balance the situation by increasing its exports. In general, we are satisfied with the results achieved in the reporting period,” Ovostar CEO Borys Bielikov said.
Kyivsky cardboard paper mill (Obukhiv, Kyiv region), a leader in Ukraine’s pulp and paper industry in terms of production and sales, saw a 2% rise in production of goods in money terms in January-March 2019 year-over-year, to UAH 1.349 billion, according to the Ukrpapir association.
Corrugated packaging output fell by 2.7%, to 54.27 million square meters, retaining the second highest result among producers of corrugated packaging in Ukraine after Rubizhne cardboard packaging mill in Luhansk region (with Trypilsky packaging plant).
Production of cardboard decreased 12.5%, to 47,960 tonnes. Production of package cardboard alone fell by 3%, to 34,730 tonnes, while box cardboard output fell by almost 30%, to 13,230 tonnes.
Production of base paper (for sanitary products) stood at 20,000 tonnes, which is 9% up year-over-year. Toilet paper output rose by 4.7%, to 108.81 million rolls.
Corrugated packaging output in total in Ukraine (including other producers) fell by almost 5% in January-March 2019, to 234.17 million square meters, that of paper and cardboard decreased by 8.7%, to 213,860 tonnes and toilet paper grew by 3.7%, to 173 million rolls.
Kyivsky cardboard paper mill is one of the largest cardboard and paper producers in Europe. It employs almost 2,200 people. It sells produce to almost 700 companies in Ukraine, some CIS member states and the rest of the world.
The Latvian pharmaceutical concern Olainfarm in January-March 2019 increased sales in Ukraine by 21% compared to the same period in 2018.
According to the concern, the share of its sales in Ukraine for the two months amounted to 8% (EUR2,852 million) of consolidated sales.
However, in March 2019, the consolidated sales of Olainfarm in Ukraine decreased by 24% compared with March 2018, to EUR172,000 and amounted to 2% of the total sales of the concern.
In total, in the first quarter of 2019, the concern increased sales by 14%, to EUR34.7 million, in March the sales of the group rose by 3% compared to March 2018, to EUR10.8 million.
In January-March 2019, Latvia (a share of 28%), Russia (26%), Belarus (16%) and Ukraine (8%) remained the main sales markets of Olainfarm group.
Olainfarm is Latvia largest and one of the largest companies in the Baltic States for production of medicines and chemical-pharmaceutical products. The portfolio of its products includes over 60 finished dosage forms, 25 active pharmaceutical substances and more than 20 chemical intermediate products.
The volume of sales of services by telecommunications and postal communications enterprises in Ukraine in 2018 amounted to UAH 72.565 billion, which in absolute prices is higher than the level of 2017 by 10%, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
According to its data, the volume of services provided to the population amounted to UAH 42.9 billion, or 59.1% of the total volume of services sold, which is 12.9% up from last year.
At the same time, in comparable prices compared to 2017 the volume of services sold as a whole decreased by 0.4% and in terms of providing services to the population grew by 0.6%.
In particular, in absolute prices in 2018 the volume of sales of postal and courier services grew by 9.75%, to UAH 6.1 billion, of which services rendered to the population amounted to UAH 1.7 million, which is 27.5% up from last year.
The volume of sales of mobile communications services in 2018 grew by 9.4%, to UAH 38.5 billion, of which services provided to the public amounted to UAH 26.6 billion (13.49% up from 2017).
The volume of sales of Internet services in 2018 also rose by 13.5% and amounted to UAH 12.3 billion, of which the population was provided with services worth UAH 8.8 billion (18.9% up from 2017).
The Verkhovna Rada’s committee on agrarian policy and land relations has recommended the parliament adopt draft law No. 9355-5 on extending the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land until January 1, 2020, Oleh Kulynych, who chairs the committee’s subcommittee on land relations, said on Facebook. He said the committee at a meeting on December 18 considered 16 registered bills relating to the extension of the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land. The bills offered different dates for lifting the moratorium from April 22, 2019 to January 1, 2030.
“I consider the optimal term to be one year, as proposed by bill No. 9355-5 … As the chairman of the land subcommittee, I proposed to support draft law No. 9355-5 and recommend the parliament adopt the bill as law,” Kulynych said.
The draft law provides that the Cabinet of Ministers by March 1, 2019 develop and submit a draft law on the turnover of agricultural land to the Rada.
The volume of sales of services by service enterprises in Ukraine in Q3 2018 amounted to UAH 197.1 billion, which in comparable prices is higher than the level of Q3 2017 by 4.8%, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. According to its data, the volume of services provided to the population amounted to 24% of the total volume of services sold.
As reported, the volume of sales of services by service enterprises in Ukraine increased by 5.8% in Q2 2018, 3% in Q1 2018, by 0.6% in Q4 2017, by 3.1% in Q3 2017, by 7.7% in Q2 2017, and by 14.8% in Q1 2017.
