KYIV, Oct 17 - Ukrainian coking plants in January-September 2017 cut the production of metallurgical coke with 6% moisture content by 20.8% year-on-year, to 7.687 million tons.

KYIV, Oct 17 – The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington on October 13 hosted the Ukrainian Brands D.C. Summit, which was supported by the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, as well as the U.S. trade association Food Marketing Institute, the Embassy reported.

KYIV, Oct 17 - The government will provide $17 million as additional funding for creation of the Lybid national satellite communications system for the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU).

KYIV, Oct 18 - The acceleration of inflation in Ukraine to 16.4% in annual terms was caused by three factors, the effect of which begins to weaken, so the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects inflation to slow, Deputy NBU Governor Dmytro Solohub has said.

KYIV, Oct 18 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukrainian economy will probably grow more than 3.2% next year and urged investors to capitalize on the growth.

KYIV, Oct 17 – the state nuclear power generating company Energoatom in January-September 2017 increased electricity production by 11.5% (by 6.616 billion kilowatt-hours) year-over-year, to 64.317 billion kWh, the press service of the company said.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Ukraine’s imports of goods from Russia rose a whopping 37.2% on year to $4.2 billion in January-August, the State Statistics Service reported.

KYIV, Oct 18 - The major pipe enterprises of Ukraine in January-September 2017 increased production of pipes by 25.9% compared to the same period last year, to 783,800 tons, including in September they manufactured 92,100 tons.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Ukraine suspended pumping of gas to underground gas storage facilities due to the start of the 2016/17 heating season and started pumping it from them, Ukrtransgaz spokesman Maksym Beliavsky said on Facebook.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – The monetary policy in Ukraine should be revised, said Banking Department Chairman at Hetman Kiev National Economic University and former first deputy head of the parliamentary committee for finances and banking operations Stanislav Arzhevitin.