The growth of capital investments in Ukraine in April-June 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 amounted to 17.1%, while in January-March there was a decline in capital investments at the level of 9.5%, the State Statistics Service said.
According to the service, in the second quarter of this year, UAH 191.133 billion of capital investments were spent (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, Sevastopol and the territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions).
The growth of capital investments in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2020 amounted to 4.2%, the State Statistics Service said.
In the regional context, a significant decrease in capital investments in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 was recorded in Volyn (by 64.1%), Kirovohrad (by 17.1%), Mykolaiv (by 13.3%) regions.
Capital investments in April-June 2021 compared to April-June 2020 increased in Luhansk (by 9.08%), Zhytomyr (by 85.3%), Zaporizhia (by 66.7%), Ivano-Frankivsk (by 60.4%), Kherson (56.4%), Chernivtsi (57.1%), Lviv (47.9%), Sumy (41.7%), Vinnytsia (36.1%), Rivne (by 37.5%), Donetsk (by 34.3%), Kyiv (by 27.1%), Dnipropetrovsk (by 26.2%), Chernihiv (by 22.3%), Cherkasy and Ternopil (by 22.2%), Khmelnytsky (by 15.7%), Zakarpattia (by 13.3%), Odesa (by 13%), Kharkiv (by 12.7%), Poltava (by 10.8%) regions and in Kyiv city (by 10.2%).
Among industries, the growth of capital investments in the second quarter of this year was recorded in the field of forestry – 4.4 times, the provision of other types of services – 3.9 times, in postal and courier activities – 3.6 times, healthcare and social assistance – 2.5 times, at transport enterprises, in warehouses, postal and courier activities – by 60.8%, in temporary accommodation and catering – by 27.7%, in real estate transactions – by 25.9%, in wholesale and retail trade – by 25.3%, in activities in the field of administrative and support services – by 16.3%, computer programming and the provision of other information services – by 14.8%, in industry – by 14.1%, agriculture – by 13.1%, construction – by 7.6%, scientific achievements and developments – by 5%, public administration and defense – by 3.8%, advertising – by 1.2%.
In the field of fish farming, the decline in capital investments was 43.3%, in financial and insurance activities – by 37.7%, in education – by 29%, in professional, scientific and technical activities – by 5.5%, in the field of information and telecommunications – by 4.3%.
Own funds of enterprises and organizations remained the main source of financing for capital investments, at the expense of which 75.2% of the total volume of all investments has been used.
A significant share of capital investments was invested in buildings and structures – 45.5%, and in machinery, equipment and vehicles – 44.9% of all investments.
As reported, capital investment in Ukraine in 2020 fell by 38.2%, while in 2018-2019 they grew by 16.4% and 15.5%, respectively.
