KIEV, April 21 – Ukraine's government is ready to start discussing financial issues in the energy sector with Japan's Sumitomo and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a meeting with the Japanese corporate representatives in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 21 - Metal consumption in Ukraine fell 53.9% to 1.1 million tons in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period of 2008, while imports plunged 81.6% to 102,860 tons, Andriy Fedoseyev, president of the Ukrainian Metal Traders Association, told Interfax.

KIEV, April 21 – Individuals who buy 12-month Ukrainian state treasury bills (T-bills) are exempt from providing documents to prove their identity and the origin of the funds used to buy the securities, according to a cabinet resolution.

KIEV, April 23 – Kiev city state administration is in talks with the National Bank of Ukraine on a UAH300 million credit, according to Anatoliy Holubchenko, acting head of Kiev city state administration.

POLTAVA, April 23 - Poltava Gas & Oil Company Ltd. plans to allocate $5.5 million to connect to the Soyuz gas pipeline, its technical director, Richard Bely, told the press.

KIEV, April 23 – The Antimonopoly Committee has permitted Mariupol Illich Steel Mill in Donetsk region to buy a share in the statutory fund of Austria's SLAV Handels GmbH, which gives over 50% of the votes in the governing body of the company to the buyer, according to a committee report issued on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 23 – The Antimonopoly Committee has permitted LMK-Bogdan Ltd., in the Kiev region settlement of Vasylkiv, in to buy a share in the statutory fund of Kiev-based Ukrainian AvtoHolding Ltd., which would give it over 50% of the votes in the company's governing body, according to a committee report.

KIEV, April 23 – Boryspil car plant in Kiev region, part of the Etalon Corporation, saw a loss of UAH4.835 million in 2007, while in 2006 the company's net profit was UAH4.6 million, according to a company report on the holding of a general meeting of its shareholders scheduled for June 6.

KIEV, April 23 - Ukraine's state commission for financial services market regulation, Derzhfinposluh, expects that investors will be setting up more funds investing in real estate in the country.

KIEV, April 23 ??“ Chervony Prapor poultry farm in Luhansk region is going to boost its statutory fund by 5.5 times, to UAH 35.7 million, via additional issue of shares, according to the company's report.