KIEV, May 19 – Ukraine will introduce duties on the export of wheat (of 9%, or at least EUR 17 per ton), corn (12%, or at least EUR 20 per ton), and barley (14%, or at least EUR 23 per ton) for the period until January 1, 2012.

KIEV, May 19 - The National Bank of Ukraine still plans to keep its discount and refinancing rates unchanged in spite of rising inflation pressures in the country, the NBU's first deputy, Yuriy Kolobov, said at a press conference on Thursday.

LONDON, May 19 - Ukraine's economy in early 2011 developed better than initially expected, allowing the Economic Development and Trade Ministry to start improving the macroforecast for the entire year, first deputy minister Anatoliy Maksiuta told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, May 20 – The grain harvest in Ukraine this year will be more than 45 million tons, according to First Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Bezuhly.

KIEV, May 20 - Moody's Investors Service projects gross domestic product growth in Ukraine in 2008 at 5.9% with inflation at 14.5% (December over December).

According to Moody's, in 2009, Ukraine's GDP is expected to grow by 6.5%, while inflation is forecasted to drop to 12%.

KIEV, May 21 – The cost of building a new oil refinery to refine Caspian crude in Ukraine is around $4 billion, according to Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan estimated, referring to the data from a marketing study conducted by Britain's Mott MacDonald Company.

KIEV, May 21 - Karpatnaftokhim Ltd. of Ivano-Frankivsk region announced plans to stop production in the near future for two-and-a-half months due to high prices of fuel – its core raw material.

KIEV, May 21 - East One, an investment consulting group, said it has sold its stake in Dniprospetsstal (DSS), Ukraine's largest special steels maker.

The details of the deal have not been disclosed. East One owned about 30% of Dniprospetsstal as of mid-March.

KIEV, May 22 – UkrTransNafta, Ukraine’s oil shipper, on Thursday signed a contract with Mero CR, the Czech Republic’s state oil company, to arrange an important test-run shipment of crude to a Czech oil refinery in Kralupy.

KIEV, May 22 ??“ The reduction of key interest rates by the National Bank of Ukraine is aimed at encouraging more loans to businesses that would spur economic growth, a senior NBU official said.