Construction volumes in Ukraine increase by almost 6% in 2018

Since the beginning of 2018, the construction works have been carried out for a total amount of UAH 73.2 billion, which is 5.7% more compared to the same period in last year.

Ukrinform learnt this from the press service of Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Lev Partskhaladze.

"Ukrainian construction companies completed construction works worth UAH 73.2 billion for eight months of this year, which made 105.7% compared to the same period in 2017," the report reads.

According to Partskhaladze, the construction industry continues to show stable results. According to the results of the reporting period, the index of construction of engineering structures was 111.9%, buildings - 100.2% (including 99.6% of residential buildings and 100.8% of non-residential).

The city of Kyiv (UAH 16.7 billion) and Odesa region (UAH 9.6 billion) became the leaders in terms of construction works. At the same time, Odesa (143.7%), Khmelnytsky (132.5%) and Ivano-Frankivsk (131.4%) regions demonstrated the best results in terms of growth rate.

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