On June 26, EU member states approved a €100 million support package for farmers in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia: Bulgaria will receive €9,77 million, Hungary €15,93 million, Poland €39,33 million, Romania €29,73 million, and Slovakia €5,24 million.
Read MoreUkraine has exported 48,424 million tons of grain and legumes this marketing year (from July 1, 2022 up to June 26, 2023).
In 2022/2023 marketing year Ukraine has exported 16,625 million tons of wheat, 2,68 million tons of barley, 18 thousand tons of rye and 28,793 million tons of corn.
Read MoreItaly's Export Credit Agency (SIMEST) has announced EUR 500 million in support for Italian companies intending to invest in Ukraine. A statement of intent on cooperation in the recovery of Ukrainian private insurance market was signed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Commission, Norway, Switzerland, the TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund and Ukraine within the framework of Ukraine Recovery Conference in London.
Read MoreOn 27 June, First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko met with the ministers of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in order to declare the decision to start domestic procedures for updating a package of free trade agreements.
Read MoreIndicators of flour export this year have doubled and amounted to 151 thousand tons as of June 26. In 2022, only 70,7 thousand tons of flour were delivered abroad. The volume of wheat flour supplies last year amounted to 69,2 thousand tons, this year - 144,5 thousand tons. Besides, export of flour from other crops also increased from 1,5 to 6,5 thousand tons. Regarding export for the period of 26 days of June, it was possible to supply 7,8 thousand tons of flour of all kinds.
Read MoreAccording to the data of International Trade Center in 2022, Ukraine has increased cheese export to 9 thousand tons and ranked 37th place in the world.
For five months of 2023, Ukraine has sold 3,3 thousand tons of cheeses worth $16 million on the international market. Meanwhile there is a high concentration of export supplies, more than 80% of revenue was received from Kazakhstan and Moldova.
Read MoreUkrainian and Polish cargo carriers will be able to carry out transportation to and from third countries on the basis of 2022 permits until the end of 2023.
The corresponding decision was made during the meeting of the Ukrainian-Polish mixed commission on road transportation with the participation of the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Poland.
Read MoreThe Parliament supported in the second reading and in general the bill, which introduces an electronic excise tax stamp in Ukraine from January 1, 2026. The introduction of an electronic stamp will provide an opportunity to track the movement of alcohol, tobacco products, e-cigarette liquids from the manufacturer/importer to the final user; control the completeness and timeliness of payment of excise taxes for such goods. This also applies to goods from Duty Free.
Read MoreAccording to the results of the first 5 months of 2023, Ukrainian beef producers continue to steadily export meat. In January-May, 9,6
thousand tons of beef worth $38,1 million were shipped, which is 3,6 and 2,6 times more than last year correspondingly. May was the most productive, as 2,5 thousand tons were sold abroad, which is 42% more than in April.
Read MoreThe Verkhovna Rada ratified the agreement between Ukraine and the EU on participation in the Customs program, which provides for cooperation between the parties in the customs sphere.
The objectives of the programme are to protect the financial and economic interests of the EU and its States-parties, to ensure protection and security, to protect against unfair and illegal trade, and to support legitimate commercial activities.
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