Enterprises and organizations in Ukraine in January-September 2018 raised profit from ordinary activities before taxation by 12.4%, to UAH 208.2 billion, while in January-September 2017 the figure was UAH 237.8 billion, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. According to the service, in January-September 2018 profitable Ukrainian enterprises received UAH 378.218 billion of profit, which is 2.6% more than in the same period in 2017. At the same time, 29.2% of enterprises posted a negative financial result. Their losses in January-September of this year increased by 29.9% compared to January-September last year, to UAH 169.98 billion.
