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Ukraine has launched an anti-dumping investigation on poultry imported from USA and Brazil. Top Ukrainian poultry producers have initiated this investigation.

Sun InBev Ukraine [SUNI UZ, BUY], a leading brewery on the Ukrainian beer market with a market share of 38% in 2008, announced that it has undergone a 5.4 times net income reduction for 2008 to USD 7.1 mln.

According to Kommersant, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, may eventually sell its Russian and Ukrainian beer business as it raises cash to pay down debt.

According to the National Association of Ukrainian Sugar Producers “Ukrsugar”, the amount of arable land cultivated with sugar beet will possibly shrink by at least 11.4% YoY to 350 thsd ha in the 2009/10 marketing year.

According to Mr. Vintoniak, the CEO of the consulting agency “Infagro”, the production of milk in Ukraine will drastically shrink in 2009.

According to Interfax, Coca-Cola is going to acquire the non-alcoholic beverage plant in Zaporizhzhia.

Last week, the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yuschenko, endorsed the law on a 13% increase to the import duty on all goods, except goods falling in the critical imports category (i.e. for items such as oil products, gas, etc.)

Slavutych [SLAV UZ, BUY] held a conference on February 19, 2009. The company has continued to outperform the overall growth on the beer market, showing a growth of 16.2% vs. the 0.4% figure for domestic market growth. In 2008, total Slavutych turnover amounted to 8.2 mln gal (+19% YoY).

Myronivskiy Khliboprodukt [MHPC LI, HOLD], one of the Ukrainian leading companies in the consumer and agricultural sectors, has released its operational results for 2H09.

The Kyiv Cardboard Paper Mill [KIKP UZ, N/R] in Obukhiv (Kyiv Region) – a leading Ukrainian pulp and paper producer – has released a statement regarding its financial results for 2008. The company recorded a net profit of UAH 46.477 mln.