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    Ukraine plans to allocate UAH 2 billion annually for the development of the aircraft industry. This is stated in the concept of the program of state development of the aviation industry until 2030. with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal announced such plans during a government meeting on Wednesday during the presentation of Ukraine’s development strategy until 2030. The program presents two options for the development of the aircraft industry. In particular, the basic option provides for the financing of the aviation industry by the state by approximately UAH 2 billion annually. This will allow to resume full-scale production of civil aircraft and master the full process of production of helicopters, - said Shmygal. According to the Prime Minister, the volume of products sold in the case of the program is estimated by experts at 300-350 billion UAH.        

  The radar station of illumination of a surface situation "Nayada-5M" of a post of technical supervision in Rybakovka, in the Nikolaev area, will be repaired. with reference to UMP. The repair will be carried out by CROSS Limited Liability Company for UAH 49,392.00. Services for repair and maintenance of radar equipment "Nayada-5M" special purpose at the post of technical observation "Rybakovka" include: repair of the control unit repair of the switching unit repair of the operator display module ODM comprehensive inspection, maintenance and adjustment of radar equipment at the technical observation post Naiada-5 radar antenna This is the second repair of the Nayada-5M radar station in the last two years, preliminary repairs and maintenance took place in 2018 at the same company. At that time, the work included reinstalling the software and repairing the uninterruptible power supply unit and cost the state budget of Ukraine UAH 32,486.40

    The Kyiv river port informs that it has transshipped wood pulp, which arrived in transit from Belarus and is going to Belgrade (Serbia). with reference to the CTS. The cargo arrived by rail in covered cars at Pochayna station. After reloading on the barge of the Belarusian Shipping Company, the pulp will be delivered to its destination. The total volume of transshipment is 1 thousand tons (17 cars). Note that in July 2020, the Kyiv River Port expanded the list of services provided and began accepting cement for transshipment.  

  On Friday, November 6, two containers with materials for construction work at the Ukrainian Antarctic station "Academician Vernadsky" were shipped from the port of Odessa. This was reported by CTS with reference to the information of the industrial and construction group "Kowalska", which sent to Antarctica containers with 40 tons of concrete mix ingredients (sand, gravel, cement, special chemical additives). Transmitted by the National Industrial Portal. A concrete mixture will be created from the concrete mixture at the Ukrainian polar station, which will have to withstand Antarctic climatic conditions. It is specified that the containers should be delivered to the port of Punta Arenas (Chile) in early 2021, and then will be sent to the station "Academic Vernadsky". The way of delivery of construction cargo to the Antarctic station "Academician Vernadsky" It will be recalled that the station is located on Galindez Island near the Antarctic P

  In 2020, Ukrzaliznytsia intends to overhaul 224 locomotives. This was stated by the director of commercial work and logistics of "Ukrzaliznytsia" Irakli Ezugbay. with reference to the CTS. According to Ezugbay, the main task is to remove the shortage of locomotives and improve the capacity of the railway. “To achieve this, we plan to invest heavily in the modernization and restoration of the existing park. There is an initiative to purchase 52 dual-system electric locomotives in the second half of 2021. Also, next year 224 locomotives are planned to be overhauled, ”said UZ, Director of Commercial Affairs and Logistics. In addition, as noted by Ezugbay, UZ intends to increase the number and quality of car fleet to provide quality services and increase the share of daily traffic in the market from the current 19% to 35%. “To achieve this, we plan to build and repair cars on our own production. In 2020-2021 it is planned to build more than 3,000, another 15,442 to car

  By the end of 2020, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia intends to reach 1 million tons of cargo per day. This was announced on October 29 at a press conference in Kyiv by the Chairman of the Board of JSC UZ Volodymyr Zhmak. with reference to the CTS. “In recent months, we have seen a revival of the freight market. Despite the economic crisis and restrictions caused by the spread of Covid, "Ukrzaliznytsia" has already attracted 814 thousand tons per day, which is almost in line with 2019, "- said Zhmak. It should be noted that during yesterday's press conference the head of UZ also said that the company reached pre-crisis turnover and it practically managed to eliminate the shortage of locomotives by extending routes and better scheduling.    

  Exports of Ukrainian goods grew by 10% in October to $ 4.69 billion. with reference to the Facebook page of the Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka. The volume of October exports of goods from Ukraine exceeded the figure for October 2019 by 1.31% and the figure for September of the current year by 10.41%. According to the results of January-October 2020, exports fell by 4.82% and imports - by 12.21%. In addition, the trade deficit fell by $ 3.97 billion, or more than doubled.