KIEV, Jan. 16 - Kyivstar GSM, Ukraine??™s No. 1 cell phone company owned by Telenor, reported the number of subscribers growing 12.82% to 21.51 million as of Jan. 1, 2007, according to a report.

KIEV, Jan. 16 ??“ Eurocar, Ukraine??™s car maker that assembles Volkswagen Group cars, boosted output year-on-year by 91.1% in 2006, to 21,390 cars, which is in line with original forecast, the company reported on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 15 ??“ The differences in Ukraine-EU trade data reported by Ukraine's State Statistics Committee and the EU's statistics organization (Eurostat) may be evidence of tax evasion, says Roman Shpek, the head of Ukraine's mission to EU.

KIEV, Jan. 16 ??“ U.S company Holtec International and Ukraine's nuclear generating company EnergoAtom plan by Feb. 1 to agree a schedule for work on a project to create a centralized nuclear waste storage facility in Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 16 - Ukraine's chicken sale declined 20% during last three days amid avian flu concerns, said the Ukrainian Union of Poultry Farmers said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 16 - Ukraine's state-owned nuclear power generator EnergoAtom increased power output by 1.7% on year to 88.7 bln kWh in 2005, up from 87 bln kWh in 2004, the company said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 16 ??“ Ukrainian thermal power plants may reduce consumption of natural gas by 3.8% or 330 mln cubic meters, the Energy and Fuel Ministry reported Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 13 ??“ UkrGazVydobuvannia, Ukraine's biggest gas producing company, plans to increase gas production by 3.7%, or by 544 mln cubic meters in 2006, compared to 2005 output of 15.2 bln cubic meters.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - To satisfy its coke demand in 2005, Kryvy Rih Mining and Metallurgical Mill Kryvorizhstal, Ukraine's biggest producer of metal products, may start importing coking coal from Australia through Romanian ports, director general of the union of cokeries UkrKoks, Anatoliy Starovoyt, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - In 2004, Zaporizhia Car Works (ZAZ), Ukraine's leading car producer, increased production by 81% in comparison with 2003, to 125,965, UkrAuto Corporation, which owns 80% of ZAZ, reported.