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 February in Ukraine begins with reports of rise in price of electricity, communal services and motor fuel. Economists forecast a further rise in prices for food and other goods.
The main reason for the February inflation rate, independent economists call a centralized increase from February in electricity tariffs by 30 percent for households that consume in a month more than 150 kilowatt hours. And also increase water tariff by 15 percent. In Kiev and other cities is also expected to rise in price by 28,8 per cent of central heating and hot water. An increase in Russian export duties on oil could lead not only the rise in gasoline and diesel fuel, but also food and other goods.
Communal will not be better
Economist at the International Centre for Policy Studies, Alexander Acorn in an interview called February's increase in utility rates inevitable and prolonged in time "for political reasons." Because increases in the price of gas in the autumn, as recalled economist, has affected not only people but also companies Teplokommunenergo. And today, public utilities need for additional funds for their activities and have no reserves to improve public services, said Acorn.
He was confident that the Ukrainians are now "will pay more, but for services, some of the same quality" as to improve the quality of public sector resources will remain. According to him, today, the industry soon faced the problem of preservation of those services and that their quality, which are already available. Nevertheless, as calculated Acorn, the cost of utilities must not exceed 15 percent of the average Ukrainian family budget and become unbearable for the population.
Inflation trail of oil
In addition to the rise in price of utilities, Ukraine from February confronted with increasing Russian oil export duty from 317.5 to 346.6 dollars per ton. Estimated acorn, all costs associated with this measure, ultimately, again, will be charged to consumers. The first and immediate sign of this economist believes a price increase of petrol and diesel fuel at gas stations.
More remote consequence of this, as he said Acorn, will increase transportation costs of manufacturers and traders. A rise in price of transporting goods and food, in turn, lead to higher prices for them. According to estimates of economists, it usually is about a third of the amount by which the more expensive fuel.
However, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, speaking on television, tried to refute this version, saying that "food prices are rising not because we have gasoline prices rose, while prices are rising because of growing up in the world." He recalled that in August the price of wheat on world markets was about $ 160, and today, according to Prime Minister, for about $ 360.
War duties
The majority of Ukrainian oil refineries owned by Russian companies. And they tend to get raw materials from Russia on a special contract, thus avoiding the payment of export duty. That's their advantage over the refinery, owned by Ukrainian capital and the state, as he said Acorn may not bring any profit. After all, the Ukrainian government has persistently threatened to cancel the current zero rate on import of light petroleum products and introduce import duties to "protect national producers."
On the eve of Prime Minister Azarov said that in an atmosphere of rising world oil prices exceeded $ 100 per barrel, our refiners of petroleum products face competition, which began to displace them. Premier said that the share of imported petroleum products on the Ukrainian market already accounts for 54 per cent. And if so, "Russia has imposed export duties on oil, so very quiet, very substantial fee" that "every country has the right to defend themselves."
Unlike Azarov, Deputy Director of the SEC "Psyche" Gennady Ryabtsev does not believe that 40-percent share of oil imports than any threat to national oil refiners. The halving of domestic production of gasoline in recent years, as the expert did not rule could be a response to "unprecedented benefits to market participants one at the expense of others." Earlier in the press was actively discussed the scandal around the company's "Lively", received by the courts the right to import petroleum and petroleum products without payment of excise duty and VAT and buy oil Ukrainian production in three to four times cheaper than its market price. "
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