The Social Economic Situation in Kyiv January October
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OCTOBERNOVEMBER 583 2014 THE SOCIALECONOMIC SITUATION IN KYIV JANUARYOCTOBER 2014 RADOSVIT AN UKRAINIAN EXPERT IN TWINE AND ROPE INDUSTRY UKRAINE IS UNDERESTIMATED BY INVESTORS CONTENTS CONTENTS THE SOCIALECONOMIC SITUATION IN KYIV 2 Dear readers! UKRAINE IS UNDERESTIMATED BY INVESTORS 6 You are holding the latest issue of the magazine of the Kyiv Chamber of UKRAINE RECEIVES €500 MILLION Commerce and Industry magazine OF EU MACROFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 8 «Business Panorama», which is pub- lished by us in English. First of all, pu- LLC BIOTECH GROUP 9 blishing the magazine for our English readers is performed at the request of those members of our institution that LET’S TAKE CARE are keen to be known not only in Uk- OF THE HARVEST TOGETHER! 10 raine, but abroad as well. It is worth mentioning that in the INNOVATIVE APPROACHES light of signing the association agreement between Ukraine and the EU the necessity TO IMPROVE OPERATING SAFETY of publishing this magazine in English becomes even more significant. OF HYDRO POWER PLANTS IN UKRAINE 12 Today Ukraine is facing difficult times, indeed. I dare say that hardly any country has gone such a thorny and difficult way to become a European country. Unfortunately SAVE YOUR MONEY! our work is not done yet. THE EUROPEAN GROUP OF COMPANIES In the meantime Ukrainian businessmen more often realize that the existing business COMPETENCE CENTRE ECM KNOWS dealing system and the regulation and quality systems, imposed upon us from the THE RIGHT FORMULA FOR EXPENSES times of the former Soviet Union, don’t work anymore. We need new approaches, REDUCTION IN BUSINESS 14 new directions, new standards. The European Union can give it to us, all we need is to ask. But we know that it takes two to tango. That’s why we need your support, too. RADOSVIT AN UKRAINIAN In the name of those European businessmen that are interested in Ukraine we would EXPERT IN TWINE like to find, first of all, reliable partners, and, maybe, even good friends. We would AND ROPE INDUSTRY 16 like to learn from you and offer you our experience, our products, our exploratory works and find new fields and forms of cooperation. We sincerely want Ukraine to become a European country not only geographically, but also de facto. We are ready READYFORUSE to change, to learn and to overcome the obstacles on this tough path. And we count RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS 18 on your help in this process. CREATIVNESS! COMFORT! QUALITY! 20 Respectfully yours, President of the Kyiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry «BUSINESS PANORAMA» № 5 (83), 2014 The magazine is distributed among the Chamber members, busi- Mykola Zasul’skii ness entitles, during all events held in the Kyiv CCI, it is sent to the region Chambers of Ukraine, CIS, and to combined international Chambers as well as to Embassies, Consular Department of Foreign countries and state city and oblast administrations in Ukraine. The Editorial Board: EDITORINCHIEF S. CHERNIK DEPUTY EDITORINCHIEF M. BUSYGINA DESIGN AND PAGE PLANNING B. VOLYNETS Editoral Office adress: 55 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi str., Kyiv-54, City Post Service, 01601, Ukraine. Phone (044) 482-0433, Fax (044) 482-3962 e-mail: [email protected], www.kiev-chamber.org.ua © THE KYIV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, 2014 october-november • 2014 1 CAPITAL NOTIFICATION OF THE CENTRAL STATISTIC ADMINISTRATION IN KYIV THE SOCIALECONOMIC SITUATION IN KYIV JANUARYOCTOBER 2014 NDUSTRY dustrial and professional overcoats, jackets In 2014 enterprises involved in wood In January-October 2014 the indus- and blazers decreased from 22 thousand to products, paper and printing industry trial production index reached 85.4 per 16.2 thousand items; other working clothes have shown a decrease in producing Icent (in reference to the index in Janu- for men – from 52.2 thousand to 22.5 thou- wooden frames for pictures and photos, ary-October 2013). Reduction of the total sand items; working clothes for women non-corrugated paper and carton boxes, output took place due to machine build- – from 43.2 thousand to 39.1 thousand carbon paper. An increase can be seen in ing enterprises (index: 70.5 per cent); food, items; women suits, outfits, jackets, blazers, producing wooden fiberboards, decora- beverages and tobacco industry (index: dresses, knitted skirts – from 33.1 thousand tive veneer, wooden doors and windows, 83.3 per cent); manufacture of rubber and to 28.5 thousand items. wooden crockery and cutlery, corrugat- plastic products and ready-to-use hardware (87.0 per cent); electric, gas, vapor and con- ditioned air supply (89.8 per cent); wood products, paper and printing industry (90.3 per cent); manufacture of chemical prod- ucts and substances (96.6 per cent); textile industry clothes, leather and other fabric manufacture (97.6 per cent). A growth can be seen in the total output of pharmaceuti- cal products (іndex: 100.5 per cent). A manufacture decline occurred in many kinds of food and beverage products, in- cluding sausage products, bread and flour products, cookies and pastries, flour, choc- olate sweets, cakes, gingerbread and others, natural mineral carbonated and carbonate- free water. Comparing the last year’s results in the tex- tile industry, clothes, leather and other fab- ric manufacture, the production of men in- 2 october-november • 2014 CAPITAL ed paper and carton boxes, wooden con- tainers, etc. A recession of 3.6 per cent can be seen in newspapers issued less than 4 times a week; 31.0 per cent – in magazines and periodi- cals; 6.3 per cent – in books, brochures, leaf- lets and similar goods. The manufacture of chemical products and substances decreased due to yielding less aqua paints and varnishes of polymer sub- stance; surface-active materials (except soap); detergents and cleaning substances; cosmet- ics for skin care; shaving products, etc. Pharmaceutical enterprises manufactured 121t of hormonal drugs (a 37.4 per cent increase); 173t of penicillin and other anti- biotics (a 15.2 per cent decrease); 5161t of alkaloid drugs (a 1.6 per cent increase). The manufacture of rubber and plastic prod- According to the kind of building products, services to the value of 15.6 billion gryvnias, ucts and other non-metallic mineral goods mostly buildings were arranged (6452.8 mil- including those to the population – 7.5 bil- decreased due to less plastic plates, sheets, lion gryvnias or 74.9 per cent from the total lion gryvnias that make up 47.7 per cent of tapes, foil, plain ribbons (a 12.6 per cent amount). Among them 3543.3 million gryv- the total number. decrease); door and window units (a 21.6 nias or 41.1 per cent for residential buildings Modern modes of communication are still per cent decrease); tableware and kitchen and 2909.5 million gryvnias or 33.8 per cent developing in the city, such as computer and appliances (a 19.7 per cent decrease); poly- for non-residential buildings. In the con- phone communication and cable television. ethylene packages and bags (a 12.4 per cent struction of engineering buildings 2163.0 Same as earlier, the most common-used decrease). There is also a decrease in issuing million gryvnias or 25.1 per cent from the services are mobile communication (59.9 prefabricated units for cement and concrete total amount of money was spent. per cent), computer communication (11.8 constructions of about 25.7 cubic meter per cent) and domestic long distance serv- (or 7.4 per cent); dry pack mortars of about TRANSPORT AND CONNECTION ices (7.0 per cent). 31.3 thousand tons (or 7.6 per cent), multi- The Southwestern railways have delivered layer insulated glass products of about 16.7 31.6 million tons of cargo (102.2 per cent SCIENCE AND RESEARCH thousand square meter (or 18.7 per cent). comparing to the last year). Shipping build- In 2014 scientific and research work had Machine building enterprises produced ing materials increased at 0.9 per cent, other been performed by 299 organizations with 946199 electricity meters (7.6 per cent less stock – 4.8 per cent, ferrous steel scrap – 5.8 50.6 thousand employees. The number of than last year); 20371 accounting machines per cent, timber cargo – 9.6 per cent, chem- direct science and research work perform- and cash registers (76.6 per cent less than ical and mineral fertilizers – 16.4 per cent, ers makes up 40.7 thousand people, among last year); 349 automatic and semi-auto- corn and grinding products – 22.1 per cent, them 28.2 thousand researchers, 4.0 thou- matic engines and devices for electric metal coal – three times. 109.9 million passengers, sand engineers and 8.5 thousand of support welding (64.6 per cent more than last year). including those of the urban train(96.2 per staff. Moreover, 2.8 thousand people have A reduction can be seen in the production of tools cent comparing to 2013), were transported. the Doctor of Science degree, 8.4 thousand for monitoring expenses, levels, pressure and oth- 8650.6 thousand tons of commercial cargo – the Candidate of Science degree. er variable characteristics of liquids and gases – up were delivered by trucks in all directions The total amount of scientific and research to 32.9 per cent; of loaded printed boards – up (the same as last year). Buses in all direc- work conducted by the institutions within to 25.7 per cent; of electrical wiring equipment tions transported 332886.9 thousand pas- the city in 2014 comes to 3366.8 million aimed at 1000 V – up to 11.1per cent. sengers (99.4 per cent comparing to 2013). gryvnias. 33.8 per cent of this money was In 2014 728.9 million passengers were trans- spent on basic studies, 28.8 per cent – on sci- THE BUILDING SECTOR ported by the urban electric transport (the same ence and research projects, 22.4 per cent – In 2014 Kyiv city enterprises carried out as last year), incl.