Prime Minister Denis Shmygal discussed with Robert Gabek, Vice Chancellor, Minister of Economy and Climate Protection of Germany and representatives of German companies the necessary mechanisms to expand production and presence at the Ukrainian market.
“First of all, we are talking about the insurance of military risks for business, which will help to activate economic activity in Ukraine. We already have a pilot project with MIGA and the first projects with the American company DFC. We are working on finding a similar instrument with Germany, “- wrote Shmygal in his Telegram-channel.
Prime Minister stressed that Ukraine has potential in the areas of critical raw materials, processing and military-tech, which can bring many advantages and prospects for business.
“We also count on the support, the participation of Germany and German companies in the post-war reconstruction of our state,” summed up Shmygal.
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• Public procurement of medicines at the national and local levels: changes in approaches, financing and opportunities for development
• Reimbursement system: terms of programme implementation, funding, covered patient groups
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• Parallel import legalisation: plans to introduce legislative changes and market threats
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• E-commerce development: should we expect significant market changes?
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The Turkish state-owned Ziraat Bank (Ziraat Bankası) has discussed the possibility of entering the Ukrainian market by the bank with UkraineInvest, the Ukrainian government’s investment promotion office, UkraineInvest’s press service has reported.
“The UkraineInvest team met with representatives of Ziraat Bank of the Republic of Turkey, who are considering the possibility of the bank entering the Ukrainian market. During the meeting, the participants discussed the investment climate in Ukraine and further steps of organizational and advisory support from UkraineInvest for the investment intentions of Ziraat Bank,” the press service said.
Ziraat Bank is one of the largest banks in the Republic of Turkey, founded in 1863. The bank operates in 115 locations in 17 countries around the world. The main financial services of the bank are the issue of corporate and retail loans, foreign trade and investment financing, structured finance, international transfers and treasury operations.
Schwarz Group is entering the Ukrainian market and will develop the Lidl food retail chain, the German edition Lebensmittel Zeitung reported, citing an internal letter from the company.
As follows from the internal letter from Schwarz, 47-year-old Adam Miszczyszyn will deal with Lidl’s entering Ukraine. The document on his appointment as Country Manager for Lidl in Ukraine was signed by Lidl CEO Gerd Chrzanowski and Procurement Director Tim Bork.
Schwarz Group, with 500,000 employees, is one of the world’s leading retail companies.
The company is headquartered in Neckarsulm, Germany. The main food retail brands are Lidl and Kaufland. The group also includes food production Schwarz Produktion and waste disposal, sorting and recycling company PreZero.
According to the official website of the company, it operates 12,900 stores in 33 countries, with revenues in 2020 of EUR125.3 billion, which is 9.6% higher than in 2019. Kaufland increased store sales by 7.5%, to EUR 25.5 billion, Lidl increased sales by 9.9%, to EUR96.3 billion, PreZero grew by 33.7% in 2020 and brought in about EUR 700 million from waste treatment.
DEVELOP, FOOD, LIDL, RETAIL CHAIN, SCHWARZ, UKRAINIAN MARKET
Some 13 participants of the nonbank market were removed in August of this year from the registers: two financial companies, seven insurers (one insurance company left the market voluntarily, six – forcibly), one pawnshop, two credit unions and one leasing company, according to the website of the regulator.
Some 153 non-life insurers (there were 160) and 17 life insurers, 286 pawnshops (there were 287), 301 credit unions (there were 303), 138 leasing companies (there were 137), 977 financial companies (was 973) and 61 insurance brokers are operating on the nonbank market now.
The NBU said that in general, in August, the number of participants in the nonbank financial market decreased from 1,938 (as of July 31) to 1,933 (as of August 31). The number of banks decreased from 73 to 72, since in August OJSC Settlement Center ceased its banking activities.
The regulator also said that in August, the NBU registered eight new players in the nonbank financial market: six financial companies and two leasing companies.
Some 37 payment systems created by residents and 14 international payment systems created by nonresidents operate on the payment market. In August, the registration of the Khazri international payment system, created by nonresidents, was canceled.
The National Bank received 604 requests from market participants for registration and licensing actions in August. The largest number of inquiries related to financial companies, pawnshops and lessors – 490. The number of inquiries from credit institutions (banks and credit unions) was 32, insurers – 82.
During the reporting period, the National Bank continued to apply enforcement measures to participants in the nonbank financial market. In particular, the regulator, on its own initiative, canceled all licenses for 45 institutions: 28 financial companies, one insurance company, 13 pawnshops and three leasing companies. Also in August, the NBU temporarily suspended the licenses of six insurance companies for violations committed by them.
The Polish oil concern Orlen has an actual plan to enter the Ukrainian market of oil products, Energy Minister of Ukraine Herman Haluschenko has said.
“They visited [Ukraine] recently. Unfortunately, I could not meet with them. But I know from my colleagues that they came up with a real plan to enter the Ukrainian market. This is great!” Haluschenko said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, the concern is considering the possibility of buying out the networks and entering several segments, in particular, oil refining and petrochemicals.
At the same time, the minister suggested that in this process, some problems may arise, related, in particular, to the shortage of crude oil made in Ukraine.
“They [Orlen] also understand that oil in Ukraine is not a subject of production. We have to get it somewhere… At most, we can buy oil instead of oil products, but what is the point then? And will there be investments in Ukraine if nearby Mazeikiai oil refinery in Lithuania, part of Orlen, and several other refineries are located?” the minister said.
Regarding the state policy on the oil products market as a whole, in his opinion, it consists in the need to change the geography of imports and to carry out import substitution.
“Today, we have a huge percentage of imports – 80% and even more: Russia and Belarus. This is not a completely normal story. Therefore, it is very important to look at partners from other countries and at how much we ourselves can increase refining,” the head Ministry of Energy said.
At the same time, he said that to increase internal processing, it is important to avoid another problem – the transition from an external monopolist to an internal one, which could become the Kremenchuk refinery.
“In fact, our key one is Kremenchuk [Refinery]. By the way, they declare the possibility of increasing processing capacity at least twice. And this [the transition from one monopolist – Russia – to another] can also potentially become a problem,” Haluschenko said.
According to him, to avoid monopoly on the part of anyone, it is necessary to promote increased competition in the market, and the ministry is ready for any steps that will help investors enter the Ukrainian market as soon as possible.
“Where we do not have our own production, we must very carefully build a policy of balance sheets and ensure supplies from different directions. There must be diversification,” the minister said, expressing his conviction and adding that communications are underway with many companies in the oil and gas industry.
At the same time, he said that the creation of minimum reserves of petroleum products will make it possible to balance in the market in case of contingencies.
