On May 7, the Commercial Court of Dnipropetrovsk Region opened proceedings in case No. 904/1693/19 on declaring LLC Trade Commodity as a bankrupt (at the initiative of LLC New Trade Group with the claims of UAH 2.8 million), and also imposed a moratorium on creditors` demands.
The office of the large taxpayers of the State Fiscal Service within the framework of this case declared about the monetary claims to the debtor for UAH 525 million.
In addition, LLC Globus has filed an application for recognition of its claims for UAH 549 million, and Centrenergo - for claims of UAH 336 million.
According to the specialized enkorr publication, other companies affiliated with Trade Commodity - Himprodtorg LTD and Ukr Petrol - followed the bankruptcy proceedings in 2018.
Trade Commodity Group became an active participant of state tenders at the beginning of 2016. According to the results of 2018, it supplied 35% of all fuel to the Ministry of Defense (60% in 2017) and 40% to Ukrzaliznytsia (50% in 2017).
Journalistic investigations indicated the support of Trade Commodity by People`s Deputy Oleksandr Hranovskyi, who was close to the former president Petro Poroshenko. In October 2017, businessman Andrii Adamovskyi, formerly known for his cooperation with О.Hranovskyi, said that he was "one of the investors" of this company. Volodymyr Trofymenko was named the second investor. Now he, as well as the founder of Trade Commodity, Vadym Maiko, is under the investigation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine