KYIV, Sept 7 – Primary registrations of passenger cars used in other countries in January-August 2018 grew by 86% year-over-year, to 61,900 units, and their share of the passenger car market reached 63% compared with 53% recorded in January-July, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

KYIV, Sept 10 – The European Business Association (EBA) urged government to approve rules for rounding amounts in checks that took effect from July 1 and asks not to apply fines for violation of cash discipline, the association said in a statement.

KYIV, Sept 7 - Ukrainian metal companies saw a growth of 27.7% in foreign currency revenues from exports of ferrous metals in January-August 2018 year-over-year, to $7.001 billion.

KYIV, Sept 10 - Coal mining enterprises of Ukraine in January-August 2018 reduced extraction of coal by 6.5% (by 1.539 million tons) compared to the same period in 2017, to 22.068 million tons.

KYIV, Sep 7 – The China National Complete Engineering Corporation (CCEC) has said trading operations with State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU) have ground to a halt following change in SFGCU's top executives in May 2017.

KYIV, Sep 7 - U.S.-based Greenbrier is interested in cooperation with the state-run Ukrainian railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, and is considering the possibility of building about 10,000 railroad cars in Ukraine with maximum localization of production.

KYIV, Sept 7 – Bank Credit Dnepr has become partner of the USAID project Agriculture and Rural Development Support (ARDS). The parties signed a memorandum of cooperation on Thursday, the bank said in a press release.

KYIV, Sept 7 - British American Tobacco Ukraine is investing UAH 123 million in the capital construction of new production facilities in Tobacco Company B.A.T-Pryluky during 2017-2018.

KYIV, Sept 7 – Ukraine’s largest natural gas producer Ukrgazvydobuvannia has signed contracts with Xinjiang Beiken Energy Engineering Co. of China to drill 24 new wells in Poltava and Kharkiv regions, the company's press service reported.

KIEV, Sept. 10 - Fitch Ratings “dashboard“ expects that non-performing loans (NPL) will continue to surface in the credit portfolios of Ukrainian banks in H2.