KYIV, July 2 – In June 2024, electricity imports nearly doubled compared to the previous month – from 449 million kWh to 859 million kWh, with exports at zero, reported D.Trading.

KYIV, July 2 - International trade in goods in Ukraine for January-June 2024 remained stable compared to the same period in 2023: $19.5 billion worth of goods were exported, which corresponds to last year’s figure, Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka said on Facebook.

KYIV, July 2 –The World Bank moves up Ukraine from the lower-middle-income to the upper-middle-income category this year.

"Ukraine's upward change in classification resulted from a resumption of economic growth in 2023 (real GDP grew 5.3%, following a drop of 28.8% in 2022) along with a continued decline in population, which has fallen more than 15% since the invasion from Russia began," the World Bank said on its website on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 3 - The Unified Tourist Register (UTR) will start operating on January 1, 2025. It is a key component of the new tourism law aimed at establishing transparent and fair rules for the industry, stated Mariana Oleskiv, the head of the State Agency for Tourism Development (SATD).

KYIV, July 3 – As of the beginning of July, Ukraine has natural gas stocks in underground storage facilities (UGS) amounting to 9.5 billion cubic meters, reported the head of the Naftogaz group, Oleksiy Chernyshov, on TV.

KYIV, July 3 – Banks, nonbank financial institutions, and other entities authorized to provide certain financial services are required, within six months, by February 2, 2025, to develop and approve internal documents to ensure uninterrupted operation during special periods and inform the National Bank (NBU) about it, the regulator's website reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 3 – The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) does not support the law on minimum export prices for grain adopted by the Verkhovna Rada and signed by the president of Ukraine, since it sees in it additional risks and potential problems for all participants in the grain market, but hopes that the market will cope with it innovation, said the president of the association, Mykola Horbachev.

KYIV, June 30 – The Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet) projects an increase in the volume of ferrous scrap procurement this year by 20% compared to the previous year, to 1.2 million tons.

KYIV, July 1 – The Business Activity Expectations Index, calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) after a three-month pause, rose to 41.3 in June from 40.5 in January and remained below the neutral level, as evidenced by the results released on Friday business survey.

KYIV, July 1 – Prices in housing under construction in June are higher than in February, despite a decrease in interest in investments by 50-80%, Denys Sudilkovsky, marketing director of the LUN new buildings portal, has told Interfax-Ukraine.