Nova Poshta, the leader in express delivery in Ukraine and part of the Nova Group, processed 2.41 million shipments in a single day on December 22, exceeding the previous record of 2.25 million set on December 23, 2024, by 7.1%, the company announced on Friday.
“This is a joint record for the company and our customers, in particular entrepreneurs whose goods we delivered and who, despite all the challenges and difficult conditions, continue to work and support our country’s economy,” said Volodymyr Poperechnyuk, co-owner of Nova Poshta, in a press release on Friday.
It is noted that in 2023, the record day was December 18, when the company processed 2.01 million parcels throughout Ukraine.
The company added that on peak days in December, more than 1,000 additional colleagues from the office were involved in processing parcels.
“Nova Poshta has a pre-New Year tradition when support office employees join the work in branches, at terminals, in fulfillment, as couriers, and as contact center operators,” the company said.
Nova Poshta previously reported that in the first half of 2025, it delivered 238 million parcels and cargoes, which is 7% more than in the same period in 2024, as well as 5.9 million international parcels.
As of October 6, the leader in express delivery in Ukraine had 44,983 service points, including 14,336 branches and 30,647 parcel terminals. In the first half of this year, the branch network grew by 708 points to 13,985, and the number of parcel terminals increased by more than 4,000 to 28,326.
Nova Poshta’s consolidated net profit for January-September 2025 increased by 35.1% compared to the same period last year, to UAH 2 billion 876.38 million, consolidated net income – by 21.7%, to UAH 45 billion 727.67 million.
The main activity of Nova Poshta is express delivery of documents, parcels, and palletized large-sized cargo.
This week, the Ukrainian market continued to see a gradual decline in feed corn prices on a FOB Black Sea basis, according to the information and analytical agency APK-Inform.
“Prices remained under pressure throughout the week due to slow sea export rates as a result of systematic attacks by the Russian Federation on Ukraine’s port and energy infrastructure, which led to shipment disruptions, which, in turn, restrained importers’ demand,” analysts said.
At the same time, they noted that corn remains the most active export crop for Ukraine, but this has not been able to offset the factors putting pressure on prices.
Indicative bid/ask prices for feed corn with delivery in December-January from Black Sea ports fell by 1-3 USD/ton in less than a week under the influence of these factors to 210-218 and 214-222 USD/ton, respectively, according to APK-Inform.
PJSC Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant (Dnipro) has built and commissioned a new warehouse at the export site of the company’s wheel-rolling shop, investing $271,000 in the project.
According to the quarterly report of the company, at the beginning of 2020, Interpipe plant provided itself with an additional warehouse for finished products, and a collection point was established for packing additional volumes of wheels in pallets.
“The new storage was organized to reduce the cost of packaging for sending railway wheels for export,” it said.
In addition, the company began using wooden pallets instead of metal cassettes for products that are shipped to Europe by truck, transported by road.
The report also states that in March steel indices in the global markets declined due to a sharp drop in demand. At the same time, the cost of scrap metal HMS 80/20 CFR Turkey fell by $20.7/tonne, or 7.6% compared to the previous month, the cost of square billets FOB Black Sea by $18.1/tonne or 4.7%.
“Most of the traditional trade outlets for steel billets of CIS production were inactive due to blocking and restrictive measures introduced by the governments during the pandemic. The demand was seen mainly in China,” the report said.
The Ukrainian market has also suffered due to protective measures in the fight against coronavirus, in particular, the hryvnia has depreciated by 14.3% since the beginning of March, construction volumes were down. The output of railway wagons also decreased.
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