KYIV, April 17 – Retailers are focused on negotiations with lessors on lease terms for the quarantine period, in the worst case scenario and some lessors are not ready to cut rates after quarantine, 30% of stores will not open, Colliers International (Ukraine) said.

KYIV, April 20 – The number of unemployed skyrocketed to 2.5-2.8 million people, up by 1-1.3 million during the past four weeks of the coronavirus quarantine, the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI) reported.

KYIV, April 16 – The pace of construction of new hotels fell by 20-30% due to quarantine restrictions, founder of Ribas Hotels Group (Odesa) Artur Lupashko has said.

KYIV, April 16 – Ukrainian natural gas distributors and regional suppliers owe UAH 1.378 billion to GTSOU, the state-owned gas shipping company, for gas supplies in January through March.

KYIV, April 16 – The Interpipe international vertically integrated pipe and wheel company in January-March of this year reduced steel production by 2.3% compared to the same period last year, to 216,500 tons.

KYIV, April 16 – Ukraine’s consumer confidence decreased by 8.9 points, to 73 points on a scale of 200 in March 2020, reflecting weaker demand due to coronavirus, according to Info Sapiens research agency's data released on Thursday.

KIEV, April 19 – The independent defense anti-corruption committee created by Transparency International (TI) has drawn up urgent measures aimed at reducing corruption risks at Ukroboronprom State Concern for the Ukrainian government.

KIEV, April 18 – One of the largest global port operators DP World (the United Arab Emirates) could start working at the Yuzhny maritime merchandise port (Odessa region) by late 2017, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said at a meeting with representatives of P&O Maritime FZE, a subsidiary of DP World, on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 19 - The major pipe enterprises of Ukraine in January-March 2017 increased production of pipes by 31.1% compared to the same period last year, to 243,700 tons, including in March they manufactured 83,900 tons.

KIEV, April 20 - The volume of trade between Ukraine and Russia, earlier considered as the largest trading partner of the country, in 2012-2015 fell by a total of $98 billion mainly due to the introduction of illegal and discriminatory trade restrictions, Ukraine reported in a review of trade policy submitted to the World Trade Organization.