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Geography

Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west, Belarus in the north and Russia in the east. Ukraine has strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. Ukraine is second-largest country in Europe

Area: 
total: 603,700 sq km
land: 603,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Land boundaries:
total: 4,663 km
border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km

Coastline: 2,782 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation

Climate:
Temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south

Terrain:
Most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south

Elevation extremes:
Lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
Highest point: Hoverla mountain 2,061 m

Natural resources:
Iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land

Land use:
Arable land: 56.21%
Permanent crops: 1.61%
Other: 42.18% (2001)

Irrigated land: 24,540 sq km (1998 est.)

Environment - current issues:
Inadequate supplies of potable water in some areas of the country; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds

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Novokahovskyi Lime-Sand Brick Plant Purposes of company: Investments Company description: Market Overview:  Construction volume is increasing 20-25% annually, creating an increased demand for high quality façade bricks. The industrial capacity of façade bricks is estimated at 200 million bricks per year. In 2006, a construction boom is expected in southern Ukraine, where the plant is located. The product is used mainly by construction companies and private companies. Project Overview: Using KSE-400 (Germany) Equipment supplier offers trainings for the buyer’s staff Can produce 30 million bricks per year including high quality hollow façade bricks, ordinary bricks, molded bricks, white and colored bricks Competitive Advantages: Production of lime-sand bricks is considerably more energy efficient than the production of ceramic bricks. Moreover, the project envisions the reconstruction of one of the two pit-type 50-ton lime-burning kilns; using coal, automatic blending, loading, and burning will save on gas Plant produces its own lime; a sand-pit is located close to the plant No high quality lime-sand hollow bricks are produced in southern Ukraine Due to the considerable decrease in the weight of the bricks, delivery and transportation becomes much easier; bricks can be transported by auto, railway (via the plant’s rail track), or by water (a river port is 8 km away) Investment Project Progress:  Market research has been conducted Key Financials: Total Investment - € 1.5 mln Investment Needed - € 1.5 mln Payoff period - 5 years Branch: Construction materials see more Purposes of company: Investments Company description:    Branch: Construction materials see more

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Purposes of company: Export Company description:   Branch: Construction materials see more «Венбест» Purposes of company: Distribution Branch: Furniture see more