KYIV, April 16 - The government's restricting export of sunflower oil may lead to the destruction of this export-oriented industry and doesn’t resolve the issue of reducing prices for sunflower oil on the domestic market, the Ukroliyaprom association warned.

KYIV, April 16 – The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine has decided to increase the key policy rate to 7.5% per annum from 6.5% in reaction to growing consumer inflation, the NBU said.

KYIV, April 16 – Ukraine’s economy is likely to expand 3.8% on the year in 2021, down from 4.2% growth seen previously, the National Bank of Ukraine said in its latest economic forecast.

The economy likely to expand 4% on the year in 2022, the NBU said.

KYIV, April 18 - The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and the Ministry of Finance expect the country's GDP will grow by 3.6% in 2019.

KYIV, April 17 – The State Automobile Roads Agency, also known as Ukravtodor, on April 12 opened bids of contractors participating in a tender to build two-level traffic interchanges on M-05 Kyiv-Odesa and M-06 Kyiv-Chop highways.

KYIV, April 17 - Ukraine and Malaysia are working out plans to expand bilateral military and technical cooperation, and the Malaysian side shows its interest in procurement and joint production of a wide range of Ukrainian weapons, the press service of the Ukroboronprom State Concern reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, April 17 – The development of the secondary market where non-performing loans (NPL) are bought via the creation of a toxic asset management company would allow cutting the share of NPL of banks by 10-15% in one or one and a half years, Director for Risks at Idea Bank Rostyslav Synyshyn has said.

KYIV, April 17 – President/CEO of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) Morgan Williams said that corruption is the main obstacle for investment in Ukraine. He pointed out the necessity of creating the anti-corruption court in the country and continuation of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

KIEV, April 13 - DTEK energy holding is buying 600,000 tons of coal in South Africa, the company reported.

"DTEK confirms the purchase of 600,000 tons of coal from South Africa with the option to increase to one million tons.

KIEV, April 13 – The board of the National Bank of Ukraine has decided to reduce the refinancing rate effective April 14 to 13% from the 14% introduced on October 28, 2016.