The volume of sold industrial products (goods, services) in January 2018 stood at UAH 204.197 billion, which is 28.1% more than in January 2017, in particular the volume sold abroad was worth UAH 59.119 billion (an increase of 48.1%), the State Statistics Service has reported. According to the agency, in January 2018 compared to January 2017 the index of turnover of sold production in mining and quarrying grew by 7.7%, in processing industry by 33.8%.
In the total volume of sales, the largest share accounted for the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (25.7%), metallurgical production (18.9%), production of food, beverages and tobacco goods (17.7%), and mining and quarrying (14.2%).
As reported, in 2017 industrial products (goods, services) worth UAH 2.153 trillion were sold, which is 21.9% more than in 2016.