BISNIS - NIS Consumer Products Report

17 AUG 95

FM AMEMBASSY KIEV

UKRAINIAN MARKET FOR IMPORTS OF USED CLOTHING

1. PER REFTEL REQUEST, POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE USED CLOTHING MARKET IN UKRAINE.

2. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY SIX SECOND HAND CLOTHING SHOPS AND PRIVATE DISTRIBUTORS IN KIEV. HOLLAND HOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS IMPORTING FROM HOLLAND, WHILE CENTRAL SECOND HAND SHOP IS IMPORTING FROM AFRICA. OTHER SECOND HAND TRADING COMPANIES OPERATE FOR A SHORT, QUITE PROFITABLE PERIOD, AND THEN CEASE OPERATIONS AS SUDDENLY AS TNEY BEGAN.

3. POST CONTACTED MR. OLEG L. BOICHUK, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TNE CENTRAL SECOND HAND SHOP, AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS TRADING COMPANY IS INTERESTED IN IMPORTING SECOND HAND CLOTNING FROM THE US. OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE ARE PAYMENT TERMS AWD REASONABLE TRANSPORTATION COSTS. INTERESTED U.S. COMPANIES MAY WISH TO CONTACT "SECOND HAND" DIRECTLY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:

MR. OLEG L. BOICHUK, DIRECTOR GENERAL
SECOND HAND SHOP
23-B BOHDAN KHMELNITSKY ST.,
KIEV, UKRAINE
TEL./FAX: 380-44-413-3320
CONTACT LANGUAGE: UKRAINIAN/RUSSIAN/ENGLISH
4. POST ALSO WISHES TO PROVIDE A LIST OF UKRAINIAN TRADING HOUSES TO CONTACT DIRECTLY:

LIST OF UKRAINIAN TRADING HOUSES