KYIV, Aug 23 - Exports of Ukrainian agrarian products to European countries in January-June dropped to $2.6 billion from $2.774 billion in the same period in 2017, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food for European integration Olha Trofimtseva said.

KYIV, Aug 26 - Ukraine in January-July 2018 increased electricity exports by 3.1% compared to the same period in 2017, to 3.626 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported.

KYIV, Aug 26 - KTD Group, which produces household appliances in Ukraine under the trademarks Saturn, ST and Laretti, intends by the end of this year to launch production of refrigerators with the plan to bring it to the capacity of about 300,000 units.

KYIV, Aug 26 - The government has revised the medium-term strategy of public debt management by setting more ambitious goals to reduce direct state debt in relation to GDP, in particular, to 60% of GDP by the end of the current year, instead of the previously planned 62% of GDP.

KYIV, Aug 21 – BASF plans to increase its share of the Ukrainian market of plant protection agents in 2018 by 1.5-2 percentage points to 17-17.5% with the acquisition of business assets of the German chemical company Bayer.

KYIV, Aug 27 – Ukraine in January-July of this year increased imports of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxites) in natural terms by 6.3% compared to the same period in 2017, to 2.772 million tons.

KYIV, Aug. 28 - Ukraine has shut down its representative offices in member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), RFE/RL reported on Tuesday.

The CIS is a loose grouping of former Soviet republics.

KYIV, Aug. 28 - Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR plans to expand into Ukraine’s small wholesale fuel market, AzerNews reported Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 28 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is mulling the provision of EUR 75mn loan to Ukraine for the financing of infrastructure investments related to urban road safety in five Ukrainian municipalities, including Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Dnipro and Kharkiv.

KYIV, Aug 28 - The Moody's Investors Service rating agency has upgraded Ukraine's ratings in Ukrainian and foreign currency from Caa3 to Caa2 with a "positive" outlook.