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Business news from Ukraine

Trade turnover through Ukrainian sea ports increased by 28% in 2024

Trade turnover through sea checkpoints in 2024 increased by 28.2% to 97.91 million tons, while by land it decreased by 8.1% to 64.3 million tons, the State Customs Service reported.

It added that, in addition, 26.1 million tons of goods were transported across the state border through pipelines and 6237.5 GWh of electricity through power lines, which is 8.1% less and 2.9 times more than in 2023, respectively.

According to the State Customs Service, the import of goods increased by 10.3% to 30.1 million tons, while exports increased by 10.9% to 132.1 million tons.

It is noted that the number of sea vessels crossing the customs border last year increased by 14.1% to 10.4 thousand, river vessels – by 3% to 34.4 thousand, while motor vehicles decreased by 6.8% to 7 million 670.2 thousand, and railroad cars – by 8.2% to 1 million 277.4 thousand.

In addition, the State Customs Service reports 0.2 thousand aircraft compared to 0.1 thousand in 2023.

The agency clarified that overland trade turnover increased only through the border with Poland – by 1%, to 32.83%, while through the Slovak and Romanian borders it decreased by 12% and 12.2% – to 13.36 million tons and 9.26 million tons, respectively, and through the Hungarian and Moldovan borders – fell by 22.1% and 26.5% – to 4.57 million tons and 4.27 million tons, respectively.

As for the number of vehicles crossing the border, it decreased at all borders last year: the lowest was with Moldova – by 3.4% to 1.44 million, with Poland – by 7.3% to 4.32 million, with Romania – by 7.4% to 1.51 million, with Slovakia – by 8.7% to 0.84 million, and with Hungary – by 10% to 0.90 million.

As previously reported by the State Customs Service, in monetary terms, exports of goods from Ukraine in 2024 increased by 18.5% to $41.6 billion, while imports increased by 11.3% to $70.7 billion.

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UKRAINE’S RETAIL TURNOVER RAISES UP TO 5.1% IN DEC

Retail trade turnover in Ukraine in December 2021 increased by 5.1% compared to the same month in 2020 in comparable prices, while in November the growth was 5.8%, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to its data, in December, compared to November 2021, retail trade turnover increased by 19.3%.
The agency reported that in 2021, compared to 2020, retail trade turnover increased by 10.7%, to UAH 1.443 trillion.
The largest growth in the retail trade turnover of enterprises (legal entities and individual entrepreneurs) in 2021 compared to 2020 was recorded in Chernivtsi (by 25.7%), Ternopil (by 23.2%), Zakarpattia (by 20.7%), Vinnytsia (by 18.5%), Lviv (by 17.3%), Poltava (by 15.1%), Rivne (by 15%), Zhytomyr (by 14.2%), Cherkasy (by 13.3%), Chernihiv regions (by 12.4%).
According to the State Statistics Service, the leaders in absolute terms of retail turnover in 2021 were Kyiv city (UAH 279.124 billion), Dnipropetrovsk (UAH 132.258 billion), Kyiv (UAH 120.074 billion), Odesa (UAH 107.05 billion), Kharkiv (UAH 97.838 billion) and Lviv (UAH 89.465 billion) regions.
The service clarified that the turnover of retail trade enterprises (legal entities) in December 2021 compared to December 2020 increased by 5.8%, from November 2021 – by 19.3%, amounting to UAH 110.935 billion.
In general, in 2021, the retail turnover of enterprises increased by 10.9% (relative to 2020), to UAH 1.044 trillion. The wholesale turnover of enterprises for the year decreased by 6.8% and amounted to UAH 3.341 trillion.
As reported, in 2020, the retail trade turnover in Ukraine increased by 8.4% compared to 2019, to UAH 1.211 trillion.
The State Statistics Service recalls that the data are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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LARGEST GROWTH IN RETAIL TRADE TURNOVER IN 2021 RECORDED IN CHERNIVTSI, TERNOPIL, ZAKARPATTIA

Retail trade turnover in Ukraine in December 2021 increased by 5.1% compared to the same month in 2020 in comparable prices, while in November the growth was 5.8%, the State Statistics Service reported. According to its data, in December, compared to November 2021, retail trade turnover increased by 19.3%.
The agency reported that in 2021, compared to 2020, retail trade turnover increased by 10.7%, to UAH 1.443 trillion.
The largest growth in the retail trade turnover of enterprises (legal entities and individual entrepreneurs) in 2021 compared to 2020 was recorded in Chernivtsi (by 25.7%), Ternopil (by 23.2%), Zakarpattia (by 20.7%), Vinnytsia (by 18.5%), Lviv (by 17.3%), Poltava (by 15.1%), Rivne (by 15%), Zhytomyr (by 14.2%), Cherkasy (by 13.3%), Chernihiv regions (by 12.4%). According to the State Statistics Service, the leaders in absolute terms of retail turnover in 2021 were Kyiv city (UAH 279.124 billion), Dnipropetrovsk (UAH 132.258 billion), Kyiv (UAH 120.074 billion), Odesa (UAH 107.05 billion), Kharkiv (UAH 97.838 billion) and Lviv (UAH 89.465 billion) regions.

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FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN JAN-MAY 2021 (EXPORT)

FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN JAN-MAY 2021 (EXPORT)

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FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN JAN-FEB 2021 (IMPORT)

FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN JAN-FEB 2021 (IMPORT)

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FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN JAN-FEB 2021 (EXPORT)

FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN JAN-FEB 2021 (EXPORT)

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