KYIV. Aug 28 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Enterprises and organizations in Ukraine in January-June 2017 received a pretax profit from ordinary activities in the amount of UAH 186.3 billion, whereas in January-June 2016 they posted a profit of UAH 63 billion, the State Statistics Service has said.
According to its data, in the first half of 2017 enterprises that worked profitably received UAH 270 billion of profit, which is 44.2% more than in the same period in 2016.
At the same time, 67.4% of enterprises worked unprofitably: their losses for the six months of this year amounted to UAH 83.7 billion, which is 32.6% less compared to January-June 2016.
The service said the share of loss-making enterprises in Ukraine in the first half of this year decreased by 3.4 percentage points compared to last year, to 31.2%.
