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Ukrainian state-owned company Antonov announces it will build 70 aircraft in next five years
The marketing plan of the state-run company Antonov provides for the building of at least 70 aircraft in the next five years, reports the press service of the state enterprise Ukroboronprom.
“A clear marketing plan was created for the state-run company Antonov, which is based on the assessment of specialists as well as forecasts of independent experts and leading companies. It takes into account the prospective markets and the potential of each product line in these markets. It is also based …
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Ukrainian sunflower oil holds 40% share of Chinese market
Ukrainian sunflower oil produced under the local brand, Jinlongyu, accounts for 40% of the domestic market in China, as indicated in an article written by Alexei Koval for ZN.UA, citing representatives of Delta Wilmar.
Koval points out that this success was possible through a proper marketing strategy and an advertising campaign that the Chinese consumer understands.
At the same time, importers of Ukrainian oil earn the added value which could have remained in Ukraine if Ukrainian producers …
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Media: flow of goods between Russia and separatist-held territories of Ukraine reaches $1.4 billion
The total trade between Russia and the separatist territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2016 is estimated at about $1.4 billion, as stated in an investigation conducted by LIGA.net.
According to insider data of the Federal Customs Service and Russian Railways, in 2016, goods and products worth $1.2 billion were shipped from Russia to the separatist-held territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Last year, companies from Russia supplied goods to separatist republics for a total …
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Prosecutor’s General Office finds unjustified spending in Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
The General Prosecutor's Office found out that at the end of 2016 the receivables of the supply companies to the Defense Ministry tripled by 2.4 billion hryvnia ($90 million USD) and thus reached a record total amount of more than 6.1 billion hryvnia ($240 million USD), reported Zerkalo Nedeli (Ukrainian Weekly Newspaper).
According to the publication, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko sent a letter containing the data on these findings to Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and the …
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Ukraine voices protest over navigation restriction in Kerch Strait by Russia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA) has issued a protest against the restriction placed by the Russian Federation on navigation through the Kerch Strait during August and September and underlines the “illegality” of the construction of the Kerch Bridge, as stated in a statement published on the website of the Ministry.
“The MFA of Ukraine expresses protest over the Russians prohibiting navigation through the Kerch Strait during August and September 2017 due to bridge construction …