Daily monitor

According to the Ministry of agriculture in Ukraine sugar beet harvest will be increased in the 2009/10 marketing year and expected at 16.5 mln mt. In the 2009 planned cultivated area with sugar beets slightly shrunk by 0.5% YoY.

On April 22, Zaporizhtransformator [ZATR UZ, N/R] – the world's largest manufacturer of transformer equipment – announced that it will supply transformers to Central Asian countries in Q42009.

The Luhansk-based Stakhaniv Railcar Works [SVGZ UZ, U/R], one of the largest wagon producers in Ukraine and part of the AvtoKrAZ holding, announced that company has recently finished the production of 100 platforms for a Latvian railway and started the production of 300 mineral hoppers for a Russian client.

According to bank’s statement Ukreximbank has redeemed USD 345 mln loan attracted in April, 2007.

According to bank’s statement Forum Bank has fully repaid its USD 115 mln loan attracted in April, 2008.

Eastern Ukraine’s Donbasenergo [DOEN UZ, U/R] posted a UAH 26.3 mln (USD 3.4 mln) net loss for Q12009.

On April 22, 220.6 thsd mt of oil was sold at Resources Auction 128, which took place on the floor of the Ukrainian Interbank Currency Exchange.

Today the State property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) postponed the privatisation auction on 25% stake in Poltavaoblenergo [POON UZ, BUY] on Ukrainian Interbank Currency Exchange (UMVB) by one week, to April 29.

After two years of failures, Odesaoblenergo [ODEN UZ, BUY] conducted shareholders meeting.

Khartsyzk Pipes & Tubes [HRTR UZ, N/R] will supply the total of 480 thsd mt of large-diameter pipes for Central Asia – China (CAC) natural gas pipeline.