KIEV, May 18 – Ukrainian food industry enterprises need at least five years to bring their products up to EU standards, Deputy State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service head Vitaliy Bashynsky said.

KIEV, May 20 – Total gas consumption in Ukraine in the fourth quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 came to 38.1 billion cubic meters, Naftogaz Ukrayiny reported.

KIEV, May 20 – The interagency commission for distributing quotas on imports of coking coal at a meeting last week distributed them among coke producers and end consumers of coking coal.

KIEV, May 20 – Luhanskteplovoz, owned by Russia's Transmashholding, plans by 2017 to supply 300 freight AC/DC locomotives to Ukrzaliznytsia. The preliminary total cost of the locomotives is around UAH 12 billion.

KIEV, May 17 – There is no threat of hryvnia devaluation against the U.S. dollar, Trade and Economic Development Minister Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, May 18 – The slow in growth of the Ukrainian economy in early 2012 is in line with the general trends of the global economy and is caused by the influence of negative external factors, which have to be compensated for mainly via the expansion of domestic demand, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the National Bank of Ukraine governor.

KIEV, May 17 – The Petro Hodovanets self-elevating floating drilling rig (SEFDR) will start drilling on BK-1 platform of the Odeske gas field in early June, Chornomornaftogaz state-run company announced.

KIEV, May 18 – Ukraine boosted electricity export by 40.5%, or 422.1 million kWh, January through April compared to the same period of 2009, to 1.464 billion kWh, the Fuel and Energy Ministry announced.

KIEV, May 19 – Ukraine and Poland intend to hold a joint business forum on fuel and energy issues, said Jacek Piechota, the co-chair of the advisory committee of the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce.

KIEV, May 19 - Ukrainian businesses are looking forward to new opportunities for development due to the thawing of relations between Russia and Ukraine, however they will pragmatically assess all cooperation projects, according to MP and SCM owner Rinat Akhmetov.