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Epicenter K purchased the Zhytomyr Hosiery Factory. The building where a hosiery factory was located for more than 80 years is being demolished. The premises were sold by Oleksandra and Halyna Gereg (Zhytomyr.info). The new owner has started to dismantle the buildings of the factory and did not answer journalists' questions about what will be built on this land plot.
The State Property Fund has sold the Vinnytsia distillery for UAH 17mn
($646,000). According to the results of an online auction for the privatization in the ProZorro system, the successful bid was by Invar LLC, reported Interfax.
Kovalevsky distillery was privatized for UAH 23.2 mln ($880,000). Three participants registered to participate in the auction. The price of the distillery during the auction increased two-fold against the starting price. “The new owner will receive 33 properties with the total area of 8,284 sqm, along with production equipment, vertical communications, and vehicles” reported the State Property Fund.
Kalush CHP to be privatized with a starting bid of ₴230 mln ($8.75 mln).
On November 30th, the State Property Fund (SPFU) will auction the "Kalush Thermal Power Plant, Nova". The power generation facility has an electric capacity of the CHP is 200 MW, and is part of the "Amber Energy Island", which is integrated in the EU energy network, in addition to supplying electricity to the Ukrainian market.
6.2 Debt
Ukraine aggregate state debt declines 0.6% in September. Ukraine’s state and state-guaranteed debt declined 0.6% m/m to $92.02bn as of September 30, the Finance Ministry reported on October 26. State foreign debt declined 2.1% m/m to $44.5bn, while state domestic debt increased 1.7% m/m to $37.1bn. State guaranteed debt declined 2.0% m/m to $10.4bn. In UAHterms, the overall state declined 1.6% m/m in September to UAH2,485bn, or 58.3% of Ukraine’s GDP in 2020.
Ukraine will pay $14bn in debt by 2023. The NBU noted that due to the distribution of $2.7bn, Ukraine was able to increase reserves in August to the maximum level since April 2012 to ($31.6bn). Ukraine passed the peak payments on the national debt in September of $3.1bn. After disbursements, reserves fell to $28.7bn, although they remain at a high level, this amount is 90% of the minimum required by the IMF, reported epravda. The NBU emphasizes that the continuation of cooperation with the IMF and the implementation of structural reforms will support the interest of investors and attract the necessary funding for the payments.
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