KYIV, April 5 – The total income of the top ten companies in the agricultural sector in 2023 increased by 35% year-over-year, to UAH 86.57 billion, and almost one and a half times compared to pre-war 2021, the Opendatabot said on its website.

KYIV, April 5 – The dispatch center of NPC Ukrenergo was forced for the second evening in a row to apply temporary measures to limit electricity consumption – this time from 18:45 to 22:00, the company said.

KYIV, April 5 – Ukraine’s forex reserves in March, according to preliminary estimates of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), increased by 18%, or by $6.7 billion, to $43.763 billion.

KYIV, April 7 - Ukraine intends to commit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Roman Abramovsky has said, presenting the draft of the Second Nationally Determined Contribution.

KYIV, April 8 – The Cabinet of Ministers has released funds to complete the Sich 2-30 (2-1) Earth remote sensing satellite (ERS) at the Pivdenne Design Bureau (Yuzhnoye), Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development Dmytro Kysylevsky said.

KYIV, April 8 – Ukraine’s inflation was higher-than-expected in the first quarter, but the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has kept unchanged its inflation target of 5% plus/minus 1 p.p., NBU Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko said.

The NBU if necessary, may resort to hiking refinancing rate to curb inflation increase, but that scenario is yet less likely, he said.

KYIV, April 7 – The laboratory testing market in Ukraine may shrink 25-30% on the year to EUR 150 million in 2020 due to the coronavirus quarantine and ensuing economic turmoil, Synevo, which operates largest lab chain, reported.

KYIV, April 7 – Milk Alliance, a business group with assets in the dairy industry, plans to invest UAH 400 million to expand capacity of its dairies and treatment facilities in 2020, the company reported Tuesday.

KYIV, April 7 – The European Business Association (EBA) urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to appoint the minister of energy and environmental protection as soon as possible as coronavirus pandemic threaten to undermine the sector.

KYIV, April 8 – Ukrainian supermarkets may run out of lemons soon as supply chains have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, Kateryna Zvereva, Development Director at the Ukrainian Horticultural Association, said Wednesday.