Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEBT OF UKRAINE IN 2009-2020

Internal and external debt of Ukraine in 2009-2020.
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TOP 20 COUNTRIES UKRAINE HAS POSTED THE HIGHEST SURPLUS OF TRADE IN GOODS IN JAN- SEPT OF 2020 (THSD USD)

Top 20 countries Ukraine has posted the highest surplus of trade in goods in Jan-Sept of 2020 (thsd USD).

SSC of Ukraine

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KYIV METRO TO RUN TWO HOURS LONGER ON NEW YEAR’S EVE

On New Year’s Eve, the capital’s metro will run two hours longer, the press service of the municipal enterprise Kyiv Metro said.
“The last train will leave each station at different times. From the city center around 2:15. Additional opening hours are added to the regular timetable for each station located at the entrance and on the platform,” the enterprise wrote on Facebook.
In turn, Head of the municipal enterprise Kyiv Metro Viktor Brahinsky said that there may also be restrictions (closings) on the entrance for passengers at the stations Zoloti Vorota (Golden Gate), Khreschatyk, Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), Poshtova Ploshcha and Kontraktova Ploshcha.
“The mechanism is being used for security reasons to avoid mass congestion of passengers on station platforms,” he wrote on Facebook.

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WAGE ARREARS IN UKRAINE 5.8% UP IN NOV

The total wage arrears in Ukraine in November increased by 5.8% and as of December 1, 2020 amounted to UAH 4.011 billion, the State Statistics Service has reported.
According to its data, last month the amount of wage arrears to employees of economically active enterprises rose by 7.9% and as of December 1 of this year amounted to UAH 2.725 billion.
The statistics agency reported that a reduction in wage arrears in November 2020 was recorded in Kherson (by 21.1%), Rivne (by 2.5%), Zhytomyr (by 2.4%), Zaporizhia (by 1.3%), Dnipropetrovsk (0.9%) regions and Kyiv (6.3%).
At the same time, an increase in wage arrears was observed in Lviv (by 40.2%), Luhansk (by 40%), Zakarpattia (by 38.3%), Chernivtsi (by 36.5%), Volyn (by 24.1%), Kirovohrad (by 19.7%), Donetsk (by 10%), Ivano-Frankivsk (by 8.1%), Ternopil (by 7.1%), Khmelnytsky (by 4.9%), Chernihiv (by 4.7%), Poltava (by 4.6%), Vinnytsia (by 2.9%), Odesa (by 2.3%), Cherkasy (by 1.9%), Sumy (by 1.3%), Mykolaiv (1.2%), and Kyiv (0.3%) regions.
The State Statistics Service clarifies that in terms of sectors during the specified period, wage arrears decreased in the field of arts, sports and entertainment by 6.8% (to UAH 590,000), in the field of administrative and support services by 2.4% (to UAH 17.126 million), agriculture by 2% (to UAH 56.093 million), at transport, storage and courier enterprises by 1.5% (up to UAH 318.646 million), in the field of public administration and defense, mandatory social insurance by 0.3% (to UAH 5.285 million).
Wage arrears in November this year increased in provision of other types of services by 2.6 times (to UAH 1.44 million), in education by 8.9% (to UAH 17.364 million), healthcare by 8.3% (to UAH 46.892 million), at industrial enterprises by 7.1% (to UAH 3.01 billion), in wholesale and retail trade by 6.8% (to UAH 39.764 million), in the field of temporary accommodation and catering by 4.8% (to UAH 12.86 million), real estate transactions by 4.2% (to UAH 56.636 million), in the field of information and telecommunications by 4.1% (to UAH 10.919 million), in the field of professional, scientific and technical activities by 2.8% (to UAH 267.301 million), construction by 1.5% (up to UAH 49.107 million), in financial and insurance activities by 0.3% (to UAH 10.824 million).

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TOP 20 COUNTRIES OF UKRAINE’S FOREIGN TRADE PARTNERS IN JAN-SEPT OF 2020 (THOUSAND USD)

TOP 20 countries of Ukraine’s foreign trade partners in Jan-Sept of 2020 (thousand USD).

MAIN TRADE PARTNERS OF UKRAINE IN % FROM TOTAL VOLUME (IMPORT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO UKRAINE) IN JAN-SEPT

Main trade partners of Ukraine in % from total volume (import from other countries to Ukraine) in Jan-Sept.

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