The Ukrainian IT industry in 2022 will be able to reach the indicators of 2021, provided that the current situation does not change dramatically for the worse, Andriy Yavorsky, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Technology at the Ukrainian IT company GlobalLogic, said.
According to him, in 2021, the IT sector, according to the reports of the Ministry of Economy, brought Ukraine about $6.7 billion in export earnings, and for the first quarter of 2022, according to the IT Association, about $2 billion, which would show a possible growth in IT -industry by 28-30%, if the aggravation of the military conflict had not begun.
“If there was no war, we would expect that each next quarter would be a little more than the previous one, and as a result, this year the IT industry would have to accumulate about $ 8.5 billion in export earnings (…) Due to the situation With the war, we can assume that the IT business has sunk by 5-10%,” Yavorsky said during an online meeting of the IT Media Club on Wednesday.
He noted that the IT business includes export-oriented and domestic industries, as well as telecom operators.
According to him, after the start of active hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, the export IT industry of the country sank by 5%, the domestic one even more, “but it did not account for a very large market share.
“Conventionally, the entire IT industry has fallen by 10 percent. Accordingly, it was $2 billion – now $1.7-1.8 billion. If everything remains stable, we do not expect further decline. But it is possible – the flow of new projects is rather weak. If If we look pessimistically, the industry will generate about $7 billion by the end of the year, but I still want to believe that we will make not $7 billion, but $7.5 billion,” the top manager summed up.
As reported, the Ukrainian IT company GlobalLogic notes a 2-fold reduction in the number of vacancies in the IT market of Ukraine since the beginning of the active phase of hostilities.
IT-company “GlobalLogic Ukraine” is the largest software developer in Ukraine. It has offices and more than 4.5 thousand specialists in Kyiv, Kharkov, Lvov and Nikolaev.
Tax revenues in May 2022 were in line with the pre-war plan and amounted to UAH 73 billion, head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy Danylo Getmantsev said.
“The tax revenue plan, which was approved back in peacetime, has been implemented almost completely. (…) Revenues amount to UAH 73 billion,” he wrote on Telegram on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian IT company GlobalLogic notes a decrease in the number of vacancies in the IT market of Ukraine since the beginning of the active phase of hostilities.
“The labor market is in a difficult state. The number of vacancies has halved,” said Andrei Yavorsky, vice president of GlobalLogic.
He also noted that Western companies that wanted to work in Ukraine see mainly the media picture of what is happening, which shows all the atrocities of Russian soldiers in order to explain to Ukraine’s Western partners that the country needs help.
And on the one hand, according to Yavorsky, the media presentation of information fulfills its purpose, but on the other hand, it frightens the Western partners of Ukrainian business.
Accordingly, the reduction of plans for the development of projects of Western companies in Ukraine has significantly affected the labor market.
“If earlier there were 5-10 vacancies per candidate, now there are much fewer of them. Plus, the emphasis of demand has shifted to higher positions – middle and senior levels, and to a lesser extent to novice specialists. Although before the start of the war there was enough demand for them big,” said Vice President of GlobalLogic.
He also said that the company itself in the current conditions, first of all, prefers to close emerging positions with its own staff, transferring people from less active or temporarily frozen projects to new vacancies.
IT-company “GlobalLogic Ukraine” is the largest software developer in Ukraine. It has offices and more than 4.5 thousand specialists in Kyiv, Kharkov, Lvov and Nikolaev.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk will visit Germany on June 1-3.
“I am going to advocate granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate country! …My first stop is Berlin. Many meetings with German parliamentarians and officials are planned on June 1-3,” Stefanchuk wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
The Speaker of the Parliament expressed confidence that Germany’s support for the decision to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate country for EU membership “will further unite our states and peoples.”
According to Stefanchuk, Ukraine should be granted the status of an EU candidate country in June.
Over 23,000 Ukrainians have received permission to enter the United States as part of the new program of the administration of President Joseph Biden for Ukrainian refugees, CNN reports.
“According to the US Department of Homeland Security, more than 23,000 Ukrainians have received permission to enter the United States under the new program,” the statement said.
The TV channel notes that 6,000 of them have already arrived in the United States.
The Biden administration had previously pledged to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians.
Earlier in April, US President Joseph Biden announced the “Uniting for Ukraine” program for accepting refugees from Ukraine, which will speed up their relocation to American territory. The program provides an opportunity for accelerated migration from Europe to the US to Ukrainians who have an American “sponsor”, such as a family or an NGO, ready to deal with them.
Poland has decided to temporarily not carry out veterinary control of feed of plant origin (including forage grain cargoes) in transit through its territory to third countries, which will allow Ukraine to export agricultural crops through the Rava Ruska-Werhrata border crossing.
The corresponding simplified grain export regime began to operate on May 31, Valeriy Tkachev, deputy director of the commercial work department of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC, wrote on Facebook on Tuesday evening.
“This means that such goods can be imported into Poland through any checkpoints – both railway and land. When imported, these goods will be subject only to customs border control. Thus, the transfer of wagons with grain cargo through the border crossing Rava Ruska – Verhrata is allowed . This will increase the export of grain from Ukraine!”, he wrote on the social network.
As reported, on May 17, Ukraine and Poland agreed on the possibility of transit of grain crops through joint border inspection posts, as well as on ensuring its rail transit through the border checkpoints Verkhrata – Rava Ruska, Medica – Shehyni and Krostsenko – Smolnitsa.
In addition to ensuring the possibility of transit of Ukrainian grain through Polish border checkpoints, the parties agreed to increase the number of Polish veterinary inspectors on the border with Ukraine to 19 people, as well as to change their work schedule to round-the-clock at the busiest border checkpoints.
Earlier, on May 11, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development of Poland agreed to improve logistics capabilities at the joint border.
