Program of the Trade Mission to Ukraine for Mail Order and E-commerce companies (20 – 21th of september, Odessa) passed the test of the leading European expert in distance selling field – Mr. Aad Weening. Counseling for many years leading European distance selling brands on Eastern Europe markets entering Mr Weening like no one else understands their needs and interests.

“A draft Contract in English was signed and this became an important moment in Ukraine – EU relations” – said Petro Poroshenko, the Secretary of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. According to him, thanks to Ukrainian negotiation team professionalism the Parties managed to finish the document preparation before the period of vacations otherwise initialing could be delayed until the autumn.

In the second part of 2012 opening of 7 shopping centers with a total rented area of 230 834 sq. m. is announced. Meanwhile the total market offer will increase by 29% to 1 034 thousand sq. m.

Ukraine is a "tasty morsel­” for many foreign trade companies. Geographical position, active consumers, the availability of the operating infrastructure - all these factors are working "FOR" Ukraine, despite the existing "AGAINST”... It is always better to learn details "first hand", so on the 11 - 12 of October Ukraine will hold an event dedicated to the nuances of market entry for distance selling and e-commerce companies.

At the beginning of the second half-year of 2012 17,6 million Ukrainians over 15 year old used Internet on regular bases (go online at least once a month), which was 45% of the adult population.

On July 16 the order of the State Service of Ukraine on personal data protection (SSUPDP) of state control over observance of legislation on personal data protection, approved by order of the Ministry of Justice of 22.06.2012 № 947/5 came into force.

Lately Google representative office in Ukraine has introduced the following study of Ukrainian users’ on-line behavior, in particular – on-line shopping and searching information about goods.

State Statistics Service of Ukraine lately announced that retail turnover in January-June 2012 reached 355,6 bill. UAH (about 36,6 billion Euro) what is 16% more than in the same period of 2011.

Non-banking payment system “Global Money” introduce e-wallets for users in Ukraine. The company had previously worked only with legal entities.

The population of Ukraine order goods and services online even more than their neighbors. The study, entitled Mediascope Europe covered 28 European markets. Ukraine is also among those states and now we have an opportunity to compare data on the European internet consumption with the Ukrainian. It has revealed how often and why Europeans go online. The study was carried out by IAB supported by Yandex.