KIEV, April 17 - Ukraine needs a clear state policy aimed at promoting exports and aiding industrial enterprises, US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said while speaking at the National Forum of Export Support in Kiev.

KIEV, April 17 – The bank inspection department of the National Bank of Ukraine on April 20 will commence diagnostic exercises for the 10 largest Ukrainian banks, as foreseen in the Extended Fund Facility program of the International Monetary Fund for Ukraine.

LONDON, April 17 – Ukraine plans to tell bond holders of state-run Ukreximbank on Friday that the bank will announce it will default on its eurobonds unless the creditors agree to reschedule repayments on these bonds, the Financial Times reported.

WASHINGTON, April 18 - Ukrainian authorities met with investors in Washington on Friday as part of an effort to secure agreement on extending maturities of bonds issued by state-run Ukreximbank.

KIEV, April 18 – Boryspil International Airport state-run enterprise has selected Morgan Stanley Bank to organize a eurobond issue worth $300 million, reads a report in the Visnyk Derzhavnykh Zakupivel bulletin.

MOSCOW, April 18 - TNK-BP is considering the possibility of transferring the polypropylene unit from the Ukrainian Lysychansk Oil Refinery (LINIK), which was halted due to unprofitability under existing conditions, to Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (YANOS), which TNK-BP owns jointly with Gazprom Neft.

KIEV, April 18 – Ukraine intends to intensify talks with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank concerning a loan for upgrading its gas transportation system, Ukraine's Deputy Minister for Energy and the Coal Industry Volodymyr Makukha said on Wednesday.

KIEV, April 18 - The Atlantic Cruiser, a German ship chartered by a Ukrainian company, carried no military purpose goods, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry asserted.

KIEV, April 18 – Ukraine and NATO have agreed to continue cooperation in scrapping ammunition under the NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund project.

A relevant framework agreement was signed between the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 19 - The All-Ukrainian Association of Car Importers and Dealers is preparing protests against a Trade Ministry recommendation to introduce a duty of 6.46% on cars with over one-liter engines, but no more than 1.5-liter engines, and a duty of 15.1% on cars with engines of over 2.2 liters, irrespective of their origin, for three years, said association Director General Oleh Nazarenko.