KIEV, Jan. 18 – Ukraine's economy grew 4.5% in 2010,Statistics for December on the pace of Ukrainian industry, construction, trade and agriculture growth indicate, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisers to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

BILA TSERKVA, Jan. 18 - Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said that the government could cancel in February the grain export quotas already approved until March 31, 2011.

KIEV, Jan. 15 - The transit of natural gas via Ukraine declined by 19.9% or 23.78 billion cubic meters (bcm), to 96 bcm in 2009, the Fuel and Energy Ministry reported.

In December alone, the transit of natural gas via Ukraine grew by 12% or 1.16 bcm, to 10.86 bcm.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – Oil extraction in Ukraine in 2009 was reduced by 7.1% or by 222,400 tons, to 2.899,7 million tons.

The Fuel and Energy Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine that gas condensate extraction last year reached 1.052 million, which is 5.9% or 65,500 tons less from a year ago.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – Diesel fuel production, imports and exports in 2009 fell by 17.6% due to the financial crisis, to 4.36 million tons.

According to the A-93 consulting group, the fall in diesel fuel production last year indicates that its consumption in the country fell.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – The introduction of an automated mobile phone registration system has brought UAH 400 million to the national budget by cutting down smuggling, the Ukrainian State Radiofrequency Spectrum Center said.

KIEV, Jan. 15 - Polysus AG Company, part of Germany's Thyssen Krupp Concern, in March is to supply a first consignment of equipment for the Altcem cement plant, which is under construction in Pryozerne in Crimea.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – UkrNafta, the largest Ukrainian oil extraction company, has said that the prices of Ukrainian-produced gas set by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission for joint ventures in which the company participates are underestimated and plans to challenge them in court, according to a company report made available to Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – Ukraine's Environmental Protection Ministry has prolonged Cadogan Petroleum's license for the exploration of the Zahoriansky field for another five years, until April 24, 2014.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – AvtoKrAZ Holding Company (Kremenchuk in Poltava region), the only heavy truck producer in Ukraine, cut truck production by 19% in 2008 to 3,634.