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An-178 aircraft, which will be manufactured after full import substitution of Russian components, and testing, according to Antonov's head. "Two weeks ago an Azerbaijani delegation came to us for talks. I should note that they are professionally addressing the issue, being well versed in the situation and aware that we cannot build and supply the aircraft with Russian components," Donets said. "They need the aircraft, so they are ready to wait until import substitution is complete."
The freight division of Ukrainian Railway (RAILUA) announced a hike in freight railcar rental rates as of July 28 , Interfax-Ukraine reported on July 3. According to the announcement, new daily rates for gondola cars will be UAH720 (up 11%), grain carriers rates will be UAH856 (up 9%), tank car rates will be UAH684 (up 5%) and pellet carrier rates will be UAH907 (up 21%). Recall, the last hike in daily railcar rates happened in February after Ukrainian Railway gained the ability to set rates autonomously, bypassing approval from regulators. That time, daily rates jumped by up to 2.5x. The new prices will allow Ukrainian Railway to generate additional revenue of about UAH0.3bn in the second half of 2018 giving it only slightly improved profitability. The good news here is that the deregulation of railcar rates is working smoothly, meaning the February revision was not a one-off event.
The $21mn budget for the Kyiv-Boryspil airport express train, has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. The 37.4 km rail line will run from Kyiv’s central rail station to a new station, 150 meters from Terminal D. State railway officials have promised to inaugurate the train to plane in December.
Kharkiv airport breaks passenger record. Passenger flow volumes at Kharkiv airport exceeded 100,000 for the first time in June. The flow totalled 114,600 people, which is 38% up y/y. The most popular destinations were Istanbul (Pegasus, Turkish Airlines), Kyiv (UIA), Warsaw (LOT), Tel Aviv (UIA), Dortmund (WizzAir), Minsk (Belavia), Milan (UIA), Batumi (Myway Airlines, Yanair), Katowice (WizzAir), Tbilisi (Myway Airlines) and Lublin (Bravo Airways). The total passenger flow of the airport in January-June 2018 totalled 440,200 people, which is up 21% y/y, the airport reported on its website.
Novinsky’s Black Sea shipbuilding plant declared bankrupt. The decision was adopted by the Nikolaev Economic court. The plant was part of the shipbuilding holding of the Smart Maritime Group (SMG), Ukraine, founded in 2009 to manage the marine assets of Smart holding owned by businessman and politician Vadim Novinsky. It had been in financial difficulties for some time, Reporter.net Telegram reports.
9.1.6 Agriculture sector news
Fears that a drought might reduce the Ukrainian harvest by half seem unfounded after farmers harvested 3.5mn tonnes of grains as of July 2, or a 66.7% year-on-year more than last year . However, this is only the start of the harvest with crops taken in from an area of 2.0mn ha, or 12% of total land sown, according to the nation's Agrarian Ministry. "That means farmers harvested 1.7mn of winter wheat, a 2.8-fold y/y surge, and 1.6mn of winter barley, a 23% y/y rise. Also, farmers harvested 328 tonnes of winter rapeseed, a 4.2-fold y/y surge, from 0.17mn ha with an average yield of 1.91 tonnes per ha (5.4% lower y/y).
Ukraine's exports of grain crops in the 2017-2018 marketing year (July
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