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investment attractiveness, especially taking into account that international companies were awarded some fields. This is a small, but probably important step towards a potential boost in natural gas production in Ukraine. The government is planning to offer some more fields for PSAs in continental Ukraine and its offshore zone in the near future.
9.1.2 Automotive sector news
During the first half of this year, Ukrainians bought 39,500 new cars -- 13 more than during the same period last year, reports Ukravtoprom, the car dealers’ association. But first-time registrations of used imports put an additional quartermn Ukrainians behind the wheel during the first half of this year. Through May, 231,000 of these cars were sold – seven times new car sales for the same period.
During the first quarter of this year, electric car sales in Ukraine grew 71% q/q, to 1,276 . This matches a similar 70% electric vehicle sales growth in the EU, hitting 24,000 for April alone. Looking east, Hungary’s oil company MOL is building 700 charging stations across Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Similarly, Germany’s E.ON, Croatia’s HEP, Slovenia’s Petrol, BMW and Nissan’s Hungarian unit are jointly building 252 charging stations in Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic.
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