In parallel, an exhibition of equipment, materials and new technologies used in communal management is operating. During the seminar, round tables will be held at which the new draft law "On Landscaping" will be discussed, modern technologies and technological solutions will be presented, and participants will be introduced to the work experience and development of floriculture on the basis of the "Flora-Service" enterprise, the system of sanitary cleaning of the city on the basis of the Lutsk Communal Motor Transport Enterprise, and so on.
Housing and communal services is a sector that ensures not only the primary needs of the population and significantly influences the creation of the necessary conditions for the functioning of the entire economy of the country as a whole; it is also a sector whose work largely determines the social climate in the country.
During the first half of the current year, enterprises of the sector ensured the primary needs of the population and all other categories of consumers in housing and communal services. Services were provided in the amount of almost UAH 4.1 billion (which is 13.9% more than in the corresponding period of last year), including UAH 2.4 billion for the population.
At the same time, there are a number of factors that significantly complicate the financial condition of the sector, namely:
- the level of coverage of production costs by current tariffs; - the level of payment for services by consumers; - management decisions by managers regarding the use of financial resources of enterprises.
The level of current tariffs today reimburses the full costs of enterprises for the production and sale of services from 24 to 100 percent.
According to the results of the first half of the current year, for all types of housing and communal services in most regions there is a tendency toward a decrease in the level of reimbursement by the population of the cost of enterprises' expenses for their production, while the level of tariffs for industrial consumers is several times higher than the level of tariffs for the population.
According to operational data from service-producing enterprises, the level of reimbursement by the population of the actual cost of services in the regions varies:
- for water supply - from 24 percent in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to 100 percent in the city of Kyiv; - for wastewater disposal - from 28 percent in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to 100 percent in the cities of Kyiv and Lutsk; - for heat supply - from 57 percent in the city of Sevastopol to 100 percent in the city of Ternopil; - apartment fees (fees for housing maintenance) from 45 percent in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to 100 percent in the city of Ternopil.
An analysis of the dynamics of receivables and payables of housing and communal services enterprises indicates their growth.
The total amount of debt of consumers to enterprises of the sector that are in communal ownership has grown since the beginning of the year by UAH 515.5 million, or by 6.0 percent, and as of August 1, 2003 amounted to UAH 9.1 billion.
The highest rates of debt growth are observed in Zhytomyr, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia regions and in the city of Kyiv.
In some regions, it was possible to achieve a reduction in receivables, namely: in Sumy, Luhansk and Volyn regions.
According to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, in January-July 2003 the actual expenses of housing and communal services enterprises for the provision of privileges and subsidies amounted to UAH 491.4 million. Financing within the allocations provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2003" amounted to UAH 566.8 million, or 115.3 percent. Of this amount, UAH 152.6 million was directed to repaying arrears of previous years, which made it possible to reduce the specified debt by 64.9 percent. As a result, financing of current expenses amounts to UAH 414.2 million, or 84.3 percent, including: heat supply services - 94.9 percent, water supply and wastewater disposal - 88.6 percent, services of housing maintenance organizations - 53.0 percent. At the same time, as of July 1, 2003, a current arrears in financing privileges and subsidies arose in the amount of UAH 78.1 million, including UAH 49.1 million for privileges and UAH 29.0 million for subsidies.
The largest debtor to housing and communal services enterprises is the population.
According to the State Statistics Committee, the population's debt for payment of housing and communal services as of August 10, 2003 amounted to UAH 7.48 billion (including UAH 5.3 billion to enterprises of communal ownership), which is UAH 119.0 million more compared to the beginning of the year.
At the same time, thanks to the persistent work of the Government, local state administrations and enterprises of the sector, the specified debt decreased in May, June and July by UAH 360.2 million.
The level of payment by the population for consumed housing and communal services relative to accrued amounts (taking into account repayment of debts of previous periods) in general in Ukraine was 117.0 percent in May, 116.2 percent in June, and 133.1 percent in July. And in such regions as Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Luhansk, Lviv and Kirovohrad, this indicator is significantly higher (170-190%).
As of January 1, 2003, the total amount of payables of housing and communal services enterprises was UAH 8.3 billion; since the beginning of the year it has grown by UAH 561.2 million (by 6.8%) and as of August 1, 2003 amounted to UAH 8.8 billion.
A significant increase occurred in Ivano-Frankivsk region - by 33.2%, Cherkasy region - by 33.6%, Donetsk region - by 24.8% and Kyiv region - by 27.1 percent, in the city of Kyiv - by 33.5 percent.
In some regions, it was possible to achieve a certain reduction in payables, namely: in Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, and Luhansk regions.
In the total amount of payables, the largest share is occupied by debt for energy carriers. Since the beginning of the year it has grown by 11.4 percent and as of August 1, 2003 amounted to UAH 4.9 billion. Its increase occurred in almost all regions of Ukraine.
An analysis of the state of settlements of heat- and water-supplying enterprises of communal ownership for consumed energy carriers indicates a constant growth of payables. During July of the current year, debt for electricity grew by UAH 17 million; since the beginning of the year the increase in debt amounts to UAH 172.3 million. As of August 1, 2003, the total amount of debt for electricity amounts to UAH 1,411.1 million.
Debt for consumed natural gas has reached UAH 2,778.1 million; the increase since the beginning of the year amounts to UAH 401.4 million.
After comparing the realistically possible and actual indicators of the levels of settlements for gas and electricity, it turned out that heat-supplying enterprises of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Rivne, Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as water supply and sewerage enterprises of Luhansk, Zakarpattia, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernivtsi, Kharkiv and a number of other regions can pay for energy carriers at 60-70%. However, the actual level of payment is 1.5-2 times lower, which indicates low control over the distribution of funds by local authorities, which are the owners of communal property.
Since the beginning of the year, enterprises of the sector have paid for natural gas at 64%, while having the ability to pay at 70.2%. For consumed electricity, 72.3% has been paid at a realistically possible payment level of 79.8%.
The worst state of settlements of water supply and sewerage enterprises for electricity is in Luhansk (31.6%), Zakarpattia (47.2%), and Dnipropetrovsk (48.8%) regions. The worst settlements for gas are made by heat-supplying enterprises of Kherson (23.9%), Donetsk (40.7%), and Kharkiv (47.0%) regions.
The state of work in certain sub-sectors of housing and communal services is characterized by the following data
Water supply and sewerage management
The total volume of water sold by water supply and sewerage enterprises in January-July 2003 amounted to more than 1.606 billion cubic meters; 1.257 billion cubic meters of wastewater were passed through treatment facilities.
The total length of communal water supply networks was 112 thousand km, of which 37 thousand km, or 33%, are in emergency condition and need replacement. Of the 35.0 thousand km of sewerage networks, 10 thousand km, or almost 29%, are emergency.
An analysis of the technical condition of water supply and sewerage enterprises confirms that this life-supporting sub-sector is in a crisis situation and there is a steady tendency toward deterioration of the condition of fixed assets. A quarter of water treatment facilities (in value terms) have exhausted their standard depreciation period. In fact, half of the pumping units are depreciated, of which 40 percent need replacement.
In accordance with regional programs for the development of water supply and sewerage management, construction of new and reconstruction of existing capacities of water supply and sewerage facilities of centralized water supply and wastewater disposal systems was carried out.
For the implementation of the Program for the Development of Water Supply and Sewerage Management, approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 17.11.97 No. 1269 and extended by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 01.06.02 No. 721, the Committee prepared and sent to the Ministry of Economy a list of construction sites (water supply and wastewater disposal facilities) for production purposes that require state capital investments in the amount of UAH 1.6 million for 2003.
Housing management
The housing stock of Ukraine amounts to about 10.1 million buildings with a total area of more than 1,026 million square meters.
The category of dilapidated and emergency residential buildings includes almost 49.9 thousand residential buildings with a total area of 4.6 million square meters, where 202.4 thousand residents permanently live. In the housing stock of communal ownership, such residential buildings account for more than 6%, or almost 30% of all dilapidated housing stock of Ukraine.
The largest amount of dilapidated and emergency housing stock is in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Chernivtsi regions.
In the housing stock of Ukraine, about 96 thousand passenger elevators are registered, of which more than 10 thousand elevators have been in operation for 25 years and need replacement or modernization, which requires about UAH 1 billion.
The worst situation with elevator management is in Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions, where the number of elevators not working for more than a year was respectively: 1,487 units, 973 units, 572 units, 517 units, 359 units.
Such a condition of the housing stock is caused by a constant lack of funds for carrying out works on its major and current repairs.
In the first half of 2003, works on major repairs of the housing stock were carried out in the amount of UAH 193.2 million, which is only 89.9% of the planned target and 102.5% compared to the corresponding period of last year.
In order to improve the situation in housing management, significant work is being carried out on its reform.
In the reporting period, it was directed toward the preparation of legislative and regulatory documents:
- a new edition of the Housing Code has been prepared, which has been sent for consideration to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
- drafts of a new Model Statute of an association of co-owners of an apartment building and a Model Contract on relations between owners of premises and the manager have been developed;
- a new edition of the Rules for the provision of services for centralized cold and hot water supply, central heating and wastewater disposal has been prepared, and amendments and additions have been made to the Temporary Regulation on the procedure for transferring housing owned by citizens to the body that improves housing conditions.
In Ukraine, the introduction of a new management organization scheme has begun, which provides for the creation of single customer services and the development of contractor organizations for their provision. This work is being actively carried out in the city of Kramatorsk of Donetsk region, in the cities of Lviv, Sumy, Lutsk and Odesa, where the distribution of functions of the owner, service producer and consumer has already been practically implemented. Contractual relations between consumers and business entities in the sphere of housing maintenance are being actively introduced.
The procedure of competitive selection of enterprises for the provision of services is being introduced, differentiated tariffs for services for the maintenance of residential buildings are being introduced (cities of Lutsk, Odesa). As of January 1, 2003, more than 5.3 million apartments and single-apartment houses with a total area of 265.2 million square meters have been privatized in Ukraine, which constitutes more than two-thirds (75.4%) of the state housing stock.
The volume of servicing and maintenance of housing on a competitive basis is constantly increasing.
The dynamics of creating associations of co-owners of apartment buildings and attracting private enterprises to the sphere of servicing the housing stock has improved. During the period from January 2000 to July 2003, almost 1,000 associations of co-owners of apartment buildings were formed (as of 01.01.2000 there were 1,500 associations), more than 200 private enterprises service 27.1 million square meters, or 5.8% of the apartment building housing stock.
The largest number of associations of co-owners was formed in the city of Kyiv - 285, and in the regions: Luhansk - 240, Mykolaiv - 184, Donetsk - 183. The largest number of private enterprises involved in housing maintenance work is in Sumy - 41, Donetsk - 39, Kharkiv - 17, Ternopil - 14 regions.
In housing management, 4 pilot projects for reforming the sub-sector are being implemented in the cities of Odesa, Lutsk and Reni and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi of Odesa region.
Significant attention was paid to the issue of the condition of the housing stock, its reconstruction and maintenance at the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference on housing policy and housing reconstruction "UKRAINE. HOUSING-2003" held by the Committee together with the Odesa Regional State Administration and the Odesa City Council on June 25-26, 2003 in the city of Odesa. The conference gave a positive impulse to the initiated reform of housing management and created conditions for fruitful cooperation between scientists and workers of the sub-sector. Work has begun on preparing the legislative framework for the introduction and formation of a social housing system in Ukraine. The draft of the new Housing Code of Ukraine provides for a chapter "Housing Fund for Social Purposes", which defines the basic principles of creating such housing, its provision, use and payment.
Urban electric transport
The performance indicators of urban electric transport of Ukraine in the first half of the current year deteriorated. Thus, revenues from travel tickets decreased by 13 percent, and passenger transportation from sales decreased by 17 percent compared to the corresponding period of last year. At the same time, expenses for operational activities increased due to the increase in the cost of materials and spare parts, electricity, communal services, an increase in the minimum wage level, as well as an increase in the number of carriers operating on urban electric transport routes without providing privileges. The losses of enterprises, taking into account subsidies from local budgets, in the first half of 2003 amounted to almost UAH 76 million with expenses of UAH 381 million. Most enterprises have debts for consumed electricity (over UAH 160 million) and for wage payments (over UAH 8 million).
The volumes of purchases of new rolling stock decreased (in the first half of 2003 only 24 units of tram cars and trolleybuses were purchased, while in the analogous period of last year 58 units were purchased).
According to the results of the state technical inspection, the total length of tram tracks and contact networks that do not meet established requirements increased by 20 percent. Despite the aging of rolling stock (over 75 percent has exhausted the standard service life and is subject to write-off), its utilization coefficient remains at the level of last year - 68 percent.
Road and bridge management
The total length of the street and road network of populated areas is about 80 thousand km, of which only half has improved surfacing, 52% of the surfacing has significant defects that threaten traffic safety. Only 9% of the total length is equipped with storm sewers.
Of the 3,710 bridges and overpasses, almost a third do not meet the requirements of current standards for load capacity or dimensions, and 4% require immediate major repair or reconstruction. The vast majority of them have not been inspected during the last 12-15 years. Not a single bridge structure meets the design loads adopted by the standards of the countries of the European Union.
In fulfillment of the protocol decision of the meeting at the Prime Minister of Ukraine of 04.04.03 No. 23202 and for the purpose of analyzing changes regarding bringing communal and state roads to proper condition, the State Committee for Housing and Communal Services, with the involvement of representatives of Ukravtodor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ukrinform and the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, from June 23 to 25 carried out an inspection of the state of affairs in the regions along the routes Poltava - Dnipropetrovsk - Zaporizhzhia - Kirovohrad - Cherkasy and Zhytomyr - Vinnytsia - Odesa - Mykolaiv. The inspections established that most regions are not taking the necessary measures to bring streets and roads to proper technical condition. Thus, potholes and deformations of surfacing have not been eliminated, in most regions work on the certification of street and road network objects has not begun, which does not make it possible to develop programs for the development, repair and maintenance of streets and roads for the period up to 2004-2010.
At the same time, it should be noted that in some cities (Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Mykolaiv) a comprehensive approach was taken to solving pressing problems. In these cities, appropriate programs have been developed and issues of attracting additional significant sources of financing through loans have been resolved.
The Committee has developed a draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Transport" regarding the classification of streets and roads that are continuations of suburban public roads as part of the unified transport system of the country. The adoption of this draft law will provide equal opportunities in the use of stable sources of financing for streets and roads of communal ownership along with state roads. The first edition of the Law of Ukraine "On Landscaping of Populated Areas" has been developed, which defines the powers of central and local authorities, the rights and obligations of owners and users of objects in the sphere of landscaping, in particular, in the sub-sector of road and bridge management. In the current year, the Sectoral Program for Ensuring Traffic Safety on the Street and Road Network of Populated Areas of Ukraine and on Urban Electric Transport Routes for 2003-2007 has been developed and is being implemented.
Landslide prevention works and protection of territories of populated areas from harmful water action
An analysis of operational information received during the current year from the regions regarding the implementation of measures of the Comprehensive Program for Eliminating the Consequences of Flooding of Territories in Cities and Towns of Ukraine, approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 15, 2002 No. 160 (hereinafter - the Program), allows us to conclude that the level of implementation of the corresponding resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the measures of the Program is insufficient.
Regional programs for eliminating the consequences of flooding of territories of cities and towns:
developed and approved in 13 regions and the city of Sevastopol;
are under approval in 3 regions (Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Cherkasy);
are at the development stage in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi and Chernivtsi regions;
have not been developed in the city of Kyiv, Volyn, Donetsk and Zakarpattia regions.
In the state budget for 2003, expenditures for financing measures of engineering protection of territories are not provided, and therefore in the current year the Committee directs efforts toward implementing measures at the expense of local budgets, taking into account real possibilities.
In local budgets for 2003, only UAH 10.5 million is allocated for the implementation of measures for engineering protection of territories in cities and towns, while for the implementation of the Program's measures it is necessary to perform works worth UAH 87.2 million annually, starting from 2003, only at the expense of local budgets, funds of enterprises and investors.
In order to ensure financing of the Program's measures, the Committee has sent to the Ministry of Economy a list of objects of engineering protection of territories of cities and towns from flooding by groundwater, the construction of which is fully or partially financed from the state budget in 2004.
In fulfillment of the instruction of the Prime Minister of Ukraine of 11.02.03 No. 7346 to the Decree of the President of Ukraine of 04.02.03 No. 75 "On the Decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine of November 11, 2002 "On the State of Safety of Water Resources of the State and the Quality of Drinking Water in Cities and Villages of Ukraine", proposals have been developed for the concept of the State Program for the Prevention and Control of Land Flooding in Ukraine and submitted for generalization to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Landscaping
In order to determine the legal, economic and organizational principles of the activity of executive authorities and local self-government bodies, legal entities and individuals in the sphere of landscaping of populated areas, the Committee has developed a draft Law of Ukraine "On Landscaping of Populated Areas".
In order to ensure justified tariffs for housing and communal services and prevent their unjustified growth, and to develop and implement a Unified Methodology for the Formation of Tariffs for Housing and Communal Services, the Landscaping Department has developed a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to Annex 1 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 01.03.1999 No. 303 "On Approval of the Procedure for Establishing Standards of Fees for Environmental Pollution and Collection of This Fee", which has been sent to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
In order to protect the environment, rationally use and reproduce natural resources, create and implement new technologies for the use of secondary resources and resource processing, the Landscaping Department is working out comments and proposals from ministries and departments on the draft Program for Handling Solid Household Waste in Ukraine. The draft Program has been submitted to the Ministry of Justice for legal expertise.
The state of preparation of housing and communal services enterprises for work in the autumn-winter period of 2003-2004 (as of September 1, 2003).
Preparation for the heating season of 2003-2004 began immediately after the end of the last heating season
Based on the results of the heating season of 2002-2003, the Committee held an All-Ukrainian meeting in the city of Lviv on April 17 of the current year with the participation of representatives of local executive authorities, local self-government bodies, and heads of housing and communal services enterprises.
Based on the results of the meeting, the Committee developed a plan of measures for preparing housing and communal services for work in the autumn-winter period of 2003/2004 and the stable passage of the heating season, which was approved by order of the Committee of May 5, 2003 No. 75-1.
Monitoring of the state of preparation of housing and communal services objects for the autumn-winter period of 2003-2004 and settlements for consumed energy carriers and provided housing and communal services is being carried out. Selector meetings on these issues are held twice a month with the participation of central and local executive authorities, local self-government bodies and heads of enterprises of the sector.
An Interdepartmental Commission on preparation of housing and communal services for work in the autumn-winter period of 2003/2004 has been created and a schedule for conducting regional inspections has been approved. Inspections have already been carried out in Dnipropetrovsk, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
According to the monitoring conducted, based on operational data from regional/city/state administrations as of August 1, the following volume of work has been completed:
In housing management, comprehensive preparation has been carried out with the issuance of readiness certificates for 163.8 thousand residential buildings (71.8% of the plan), roof repairs have been completed on 20.7 thousand buildings (75.4%), heating systems on 66.1 thousand buildings (76%), hot water supply systems on 25.9 thousand buildings (80.7%).
Preparation is proceeding according to schedules in Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, and Kharkiv regions, where housing stock readiness is over 80%. However, in some regions, namely in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sumy and Kherson regions, housing stock readiness does not exceed 61% of the planned volumes.
Overall in Ukraine, the rates of comprehensive preparation of residential buildings compared to the analogous period of last year increased by 12%.
In heat management, 10,123 boiler houses (79.5%), 22.4 thousand km of heating networks (78.7%), 4,900 heating points (84.9%) have been prepared, including major repairs of 763 boiler houses (67%) and 449 km of heating networks (64%).
Preparation of boiler houses is being carried out significantly below average indicators in Zaporizhzhia (62%), Odesa (64%), and Kherson (65%) regions; repair of boiler houses in Zaporizhzhia (50%) and Ivano-Frankivsk (54%) regions; preparation of networks in Zaporizhzhia and Poltava (69% each) regions; major repair of networks in Zaporizhzhia (48%) and Cherkasy (39.2%) regions.
Preparation of heating networks and major repair of boiler houses have already been completed in Volyn region. In Vinnytsia region, heat management facilities are prepared and repaired at 80-90%.
Coal reserves have been created in the amount of 225.3 thousand tons against a plan of 382.8 thousand tons (58.9%). This work is being carried out at low rates in Khmelnytskyi (5.9%) and Zaporizhzhia (7.5%) regions. 143.4 thousand tons of liquid fuel have been accumulated (57.5%), but 90% of this amount has been accumulated in the city of Kyiv.
This work has not begun in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Zakarpattia, Kharkiv, and Chernivtsi regions.
Overall, at present, the rates of preparation of heat management facilities compared to the analogous period of last year are higher: for preparation and repair of boiler houses - by 10%, preparation and major repair of heating networks - by 2%, creation of coal reserves - by 5%, while the rate of accumulation of liquid fuel decreased by 14%.
In water supply and sewerage management, 295.4 km (77.9%) of water supply networks and 95.7 km (76.8%) of sewerage networks have been majorly repaired. Works are being carried out according to approved schedules in Volyn, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernihiv regions and the city of Sevastopol.
Work is being carried out at slow rates in Lviv (55 and 56%) and Khmelnytskyi (43 and 38%) regions.
572 units (81% of the plan) of water pumping stations and 724 units (76%) of sewerage pumping stations, 42 units (79%) of water intakes from surface sources, 2,041 units (85%) of artesian wells, 60 units (70%) of water treatment facilities and 200 units (72%) of sewerage treatment facilities have been prepared. The average percentage of completion of these works is 77%, which is higher than last year's indicators (73%).
Works are being carried out within the planned timeframe in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Poltava, and Kherson regions. This work is being carried out at the lowest rates in Khmelnytskyi region (on average 55%).
In urban electric transport, a reduction in the volumes of major and medium repairs of rolling stock, tram tracks and contact networks is planned; 36.1% of the planned volume of work on preparation of rolling stock, 26.6% of tram tracks, 41.3% of contact networks and 34.5% of snowplows have been completed. Last year during this period, the specified indicators were respectively 32.6; 52.9; 45.4 and 16.3%.
At the same time, urban electric transport enterprises of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol have not started carrying out major and medium repairs of the contact network, and the Bila Tserkva trolleybus administration has not started carrying out major and medium repairs of rolling stock.
In road and bridge management, 2,917 thousand square meters of streets and roads have been majorly repaired (78% of planned indicators). The area of streets and roads planned for major repair increased compared to 2002 by 11% and amounts to 3,752 thousand square meters.
1,766 units of special equipment have been prepared, which constitutes almost 50% of the planned volume.
In total, 137.6 thousand tons of de-icing materials have been procured, or 31.6% of the planned volume. While in Sumy region 22 thousand tons of de-icing materials have been procured (72% of the plan), in Zhytomyr region - 16 thousand tons (54.3% of the plan), in Zaporizhzhia region they have not yet started procuring these materials, and in Luhansk and Kharkiv regions only 0.1 thousand tons (1.4% of the planned target) and 1.6 thousand tons (2.6% of the planned target) have been procured, respectively.