The consequences of the crisis again make adjust priorities. In these circumstances key task of tax and pension systems is to mobilize state funds for meeting obligations towards employees in public sector and pensioners, and these systems should not hamper business in surviving and earning, and economically active part of society - in consuming and depositing...
The sector of domestic cargo trasportation by motor transport in Ukraine grew vigorously during several pre-crisis years. The demand for cargo services driven by customers' development fueled market growth by approximately 20% per year, which allowed to achieve volume of around 200 thousand metric tons p...
According to Credit-Rating, the GDP growth in 1Q2010 versus the similar year-earlier period was recorded at around 5%. In our opinion, we may expect that business activities in the industrial sector will retain being underpinned by environment in foreign markets...
The real sector of economy has continued to represent unstable growth. As Credit-Rating noted earlier the recent rise in business activities in January was prompted not much by recovery in real economy sector but by low comparative basis and low activity in a number of companies...
The egg market in Ukraine is not satied fully - a minthly average consumption of eggs does not exceed 20 pieces. Optimal is consumption of 24-25 eggs, and in European countries the consumption reaches 27-29 pieces a month. As eggs are one of key foodstuffs being affordable and relatively cheap, their proudction has not experienced reductions in the crisis period (Table 1), rather has demonstrated considerable growth (by 6...
A renaissance of Ukrainian ice-cream market after the crisis of 90's is considered a period between 1997 and 2003, when after the drop of hryvnya and introduction of a duty (1EUR per kilo) the competetivness of imported ice-cream decreased. High profitability of production and absence of entry barriers prompted rise in the number of domestic makers to 200...
Ukrainian brandy makers boast a long history of development. The quality of Ukrainian brandies has been confirmed by foreign experts many times, which contributes to expansion of export with neighboring and overseas countries. The article is given in Russ
The growth in industrial production was recorded at 111.8% in January 2010 versus January 2009, which is explained not only by resumption in the real sector of economy, but also by a low comparison benchmark. The decline in output rates by 12.5% versus the previous month is explained with seasonal activity of the majority of companies in January...
The year of 2009 was rather challenging for the banking system and featured overhaul transformations in the national financial sector. The second half of 2009 saw weakening of the regulatory environment and of the NBU’s prudential control (obviously under pressure from international financial organizations)...