Ukrgazvydobuvannia intends to transfer about UAH 45 bln to national budget
Ukrinform
PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia intends to transfer about UAH 45 billion to the national budget in 2017.
Head of Ukrgazvydobuvannia Oleh Prokhorenko said this at a government’s sitting on September 6, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“We are the largest taxpayer in Ukraine, last year we paid almost [UAH] 40 billion in various taxes and fees to the state budget, and we’ll pay about UAH 45 billion this year,” Prokhorenko said.
He noted that Ukraine has a huge potential in coal mining, and the only reason why the Ukrainian gas production did not develop in the Soviet times is because a special policy was carried out so that to develop coal production in Russia and gradually reduce it in Ukraine.
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