KYIV, April 19 – Ukraine’s natural gas transportation system is worth UAH 327.9 billion, or $12.6 billion, according to an appraisal approved by the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

KYIV, April 18 - The Ukrainian government will not take any decisions that could lead to higher fuel prices, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KIEV, April 19 – Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK energy holding is mulling the sale of OJSC Obukhovskaya Colliery Group and OJSC Don-Anthracite (Rostov region, Russia), DTEK CEO Maksym Tymchenko said in an interview with ZN.UA.

KIEV, April 18 - Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze – Ukraine LLC (Ternopil region), a manufacturer of wire harness for Volkswagen Concern fully owned by Japan's Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze, has started implementing a project on the creation of a production facility in Chortkiv (Ternopil region) as part of production expansion.

KIEV, April 18 – Ukraine's exports to Kazakhstan fell 49% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016 due to Russia's transit restrictions imposed since the beginning of this year and 48% to the other countries in the region – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan), according to a statement submitted by Ukraine to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, April 19 - Brooklyn-Kiev stevedoring company seeks to realize an investment project to build a grain terminal at the Illichivsk maritime merchandise port (Odessa region) near berths seven, eight and nine and reconstruct these berths.

KIEV, April 16 – External financing risks are unlikely to significantly abate soon in spite of the government's plan to restructure $15.3 billion of its private external debt service, Moody's Investors Service had said.

KIEV, April 17 – The majority of mining and metal companies in Ukraine have since 2014 been on the verge of bankruptcy, which they managed to avoid only thanks to the devaluation of the national currency and the improved competitiveness of Ukrainian products on foreign markets, Metinvest CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov said.

KIEV, April 17 - Ukraine needs a clear state policy aimed at promoting exports and aiding industrial enterprises, US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said while speaking at the National Forum of Export Support in Kiev.

KIEV, April 17 – The bank inspection department of the National Bank of Ukraine on April 20 will commence diagnostic exercises for the 10 largest Ukrainian banks, as foreseen in the Extended Fund Facility program of the International Monetary Fund for Ukraine.