Commercial News for Ukraine,
January 1 - 13, 1999.
Author: Andriy Ignatov, BISNIS Representative in Ukraine
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1. NATO Considering Bidding on AN-7X Aircraft For Troop Transport.
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January 5. The NATO tender committee is considering a bid for the AN-7X Ukrainian-Russian aircraft as the proposed official transportation aircraft for the NATO military forces. The tender committee is considering three aircraft, including the U.S. C-130J and the European A-400M.
The AN-7X is based on the AN-70 aircraft, to be manufactured at the Kyiv-based Aviant Company and the Russian JSC Aviakor.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry plans to order five planes for the year 2000.
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2. Cabinet of Ministers Issues New Resolution on Export and Import Quotas and Licensing
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January6. The Cabinet of Ministers issued a resolution updating the list of export and import goods subject to quotas and licensing for the year 2000. The resolution limits both the import and export of goods containing ozone-depleting substances. Such products will be subject to licensing. Theresolution established licensing procedures for the importation of chemicals for plant protection, drugs, cosmetics, and veterinary products.
Import and export licenses not used in 1999 are to be considered valid until March 2000.
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3. Naftohas Ukraine Announces US$ 500 million Program to Replace Gas Pumping and Distribution Stations
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January 10. The Naftohas Ukraine State Company announced plans to replace equipment at gas compressor and distribution stations. According to the plan, new equipment will replace old gas turbine engines. The new gas turbines are to be produced by the Zoria plant of Mykolajiv and the Motor Sich Company of Zaporizhia. The replacement will cost approximately US$ 500 million and will be completed by the year 2004. Another US$ 150 million is to be spent for the second stage of the plan by 2010.
Interested parties are encouraged to contact the Tender Committee of the Naftohas Ukraine State Company: Oleksandr Arijevych Andruschenko, Secretary, Tel/Fax: +380 (44) 295-3677, E-mail: sasha@spfu.kiev.ua
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4. Coal-Methane Project in Volyn Region
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January 10. The American Company Eurogas Inc. announced it has finished drilling its first coal-methane well in the Volyn coalfield. In the next few weeks, the company plans on testing the pressure and flow of the 800-meter deep well.
Eurogas owns 70 percent of the Tiahliv field and operates it with the State Company Zahid Ukr Heolohija. The company manages projects in Poland, Canada, Slovakia, and Russia.
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5. State Property Fund Announces Tender for Privatization Advisers
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The State Property Fund of Ukraine announced a tender to select three groups of advisers to prepare and hold tenders for the sale of three groups of state-owned Ukrainian companies.
Participating companies are to be investment banks or companies experienced in the sale of shares exceeding US$ 50 million. Applying firms should poses capital in excess of US$ 1 million. Participating companies, less then two years old, are to have at least 35 percent of their capital owned by the founders.
Applications must be submitted from January 25 to March 9, 2000. The remuneration/fee will include a fixed sum for incurred expenses and a percentage of the shares sold.
(Sources: The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the State Property Fund, Intelnews Information Agency, Inter TV Channel, One Plus One TV Channel, and BISNIS representative in Ukraine.)