Capital investment in Ukraine's economy down 28% in 2020

In particular, UAH 153.32 billion was attracted to industry (down 33.9%); to construction - UAH 37.98 billion (down 36.4%); to agriculture, forestry and fisheries - UAH 36.44 billion (down 34.0%); to wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - UAH 30.68 billion (down 29.5%); to transport, warehousing, postal and courier activities - UAH 26.49 billion (down 36.0%); to the field of information and telecommunications - UAH 21.14 billion (down 1.2%); financial and insurance activities - UAH 9.97 billion (down 8.4%); to real estate transactions - UAH 17.18 billion (down 28.7%); to professional, scientific and technical activities - UAH 10.85 billion (down 5.8%).

Investments in machinery, equipment and inventory accounted for 31.5% of the total capital investment in Ukraine’s economy in 2020. In particular, in engineering structures - 27.0%, in non-residential buildings - 15.3%, in vehicles - 8.9%, in residential buildings - 8.7%, in software and databases - 2.5%, in the rights to commercial designations, industrial property, copyright and related rights, patents, licenses, concessions - 1.3%, in long-term biological assets of crop and livestock - 0.9%, in land - 0.4%, in other tangible and intangible assets - 3.5%.

Own funds of enterprises and organizations accounted for 66.5% of the total capital investment attracted in 2020. In particular, funds from local budgets - 10.4%; state budget funds - 8.7%; bank loans and other loans - 6.7%; funds of households for housing construction - 4.9%; funds of foreign investors - 0.4%; other sources of funding - 2.4%.

As reported by Ukrinform, according to the State Statistics Service, UAH 584.45 billion of capital investment was attracted to the economy of Ukraine in 2019, which is 11.0% more than in 2018.

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