Economy

Ukraine expects $6.5 billion in investments by the end of the year, – Shmyhal
The government expects nearly $6.5 billion in foreign investments this year. The list of financed projects also includes infrastructure projects.

MIU proposes to limit discounts on port dues
The Ministry of Infrastructure has published a draft order on changing the rates of port dues.

Ukraine should change tariffs for sea supplies of diesel fuel, – opinion
Ukraine should continue to reduce its import dependence on oil products from the Russian Federation. For this, the state should support domestic producers, as well as create favorable conditions for imports and exports, experts say.

Ukraine will accept six more vessels with coal in December
Two vessels with coal are already unloading, and six more will come to Ukraine by the end of December.

The new road to the port of Odesa has got up in price by UAH 1 billion
The cost of building a road to the port of Odesa has grown by one and a half times, and now amounts to more than UAH 3.3 billion (USD 121.9 million).

Ukraine has increased the export of scrap metal 78 times
Ukrainian enterprises in November increased the export of scrap metal 78.5 times compared to the corresponding month of 2020 – to 44 thousand tons.

UDSC fleet transported 2.171 million tons of cargo since the beginning of the year
The fleet of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company transported more than 2 million tons of cargo for the period January-November 2021.

Grain exports from Ukraine amounted to 28 million tons
Grain exports from the beginning of the 2021-22 marketing year amounted to 28.18 million tons, which is 23% ahead of the last season’s schedule (22.895 million tons).

Financial plan of the USPA for 2022 will appear in December-January
The draft financial plan of the USPA for 2022 is undergoing the second round of approvals at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development.

MIU simplifies the admission of foreign vessels to inland waterways
The Ministry of Infrastructure canceled two orders that contradict the norms of the law “On Inland Water Transport”. One of them concerns the procedure for foreign vessels calling at Ukrainian rivers.