KIEV, Nov. 14 - Ukraine’s exports of iron ore are restricted by the lack of available railroad cars and the problem must be urgently addressed by the government, an industry executive said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 13 - The decision of Ukraine's government to postpone the start of grain exports from Nov. 1 until Dec. 31 is not significantly impacting the price situation on Ukraine's grain market, Ukrainian agriculture experts reported.

KIEV, Nov. 13 - The international liquidity crisis will not seriously influence the paying capacity of Ukrainian banks due to their stable finance position, Moody's Investors Service reported in its November review.

KIEV, Nov. 13 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will lend Ukraine EUR150 million for the construction of a 750 kV overhead transmission line running from Rivne nuclear power plant to Kyivska substation, the Finance Ministry reported on Tuesday.

BUDAPEST, Nov. 14 - OTP Bank, Hungary's largest bank, expects a dynamic expansion of retail loans in both Russia and Ukraine to set the pace for the Hungarian group's growth in these markets in the following years, Deputy CEO Zoltan Speder said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 14 - Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) in 2007 plans to increase by 45.8% the brewing capacity of Zaporizhia-based Slavutych, a beer and non-alcoholic beverages factory incorporated into the holding.

KIEV, Nov. 14 ??“ The administration of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has said that U.S. Holtec International could replace France's Fràmatom as the contractor to build the decommissioned plant's spent-fuel storage facility-2.

KIEV, Nov. 14 ??“ The Bank of New York has completed the issue of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) for Chernihiv Khimvolokno, according to the director of Kiev-based Concorde Capital investment bank, Eduard Maschenko.

KIEV, Nov. 14 ??“ Inflation next year is likely to exceed the 7.5% forecast by the government, and GDP growth of 6.5% is very optimistic, according to the National Bank of Ukraine's head of the bank regulation, surveillance and financial monitoring department, and former State Tax Administration Chairman Oleksandr Kireyev.

KIEV, Nov. 14 - Jabil Circuit Corporation (the United States) in spring 2007 plans to launch a new electronics plant in Ukraine, the building of which started in October in Uzhgorod in the Zakarpattia special economic zone.