Prices for construction and installation work (CIW) in Ukraine rose by 16.2% in March 2026 compared to March 2025, according to the State Statistics Service (SSS).
According to the statistics agency, prices rose in all segments of construction from March 2026 to March 2025: in residential construction by 15.3% (up 9.2% compared to the previous month), in non-residential construction by 17.3% (9.7%), and in civil engineering by 16.1% (9.3%).
In January–March of this year compared to the same period last year, construction material and equipment prices rose by 9.9%, specifically in the residential sector by 9.2%, in the non-residential sector by 10.4%, and in civil engineering by 9.7%.
Compared to the previous quarter, in January–March 2026, construction material prices rose by 6.1%, specifically in residential construction by 5.3%, in non-residential construction by 6.6%, and in civil engineering by 6.1%.
The State Statistics Service also compared current price indicators with the 2021 annual average. Thus, in the first quarter of 2026, prices in the residential sector rose by 83.6%, in the non-residential sector by 84.1%, and in civil engineering by 78.6%.
As reported, in 2025, construction material prices rose by 5.8% compared to the previous year, in 2024 by 7.9%, and in 2023 by 15.8%.
Czech Sweetondale has finalized a deal to acquire three construction materials plants from Russia’s Technonicol and seeks to invest EUR 3.5 million in modernization of Cherkasy-based Techno Plant, Sweetondale CEO Tichomír Lelovics said during a press tour at the enterprise on Wednesday. He said that the company closed the deal to buy the mineral insulation plant in Cherkasy and two plants producing polymeric insulation and bituminous-mineral materials in Kamianske in February 2018.
“In the near future, investments are planned around EUR 3.5 million [in Techno Plant in Cherkasy]. A special emphasis will be placed on improving the quality of products and increasing production. By the end of 2018, it is planned to increase production to 1.5 million cubic meters of mineral insulation,” Lelovics said.
According to Oleh Khodakovsky, the director of the Techno Plant, investments will allow to increase production by 10-15%. According to him, for January-May 2018 the plant produced 600,000 cubic meters of mineral wool and it is boosting production in the period of preparation for the heating season. According to Khodakovsky, by now the company’s share of the Ukrainian mineral thermal insulation market is 41%.
At the same time, he said that the total market volume in 2017 was 215,000 tonnes, and in 2018 it would increase to 230,000 tonnes. Prices for mineral wool for the year grew by 5-7%.
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