Capital investments into Ukraine’s economy grew by 13% in H1 2019

In the first half of 2019, the growth of capital investments into the Ukrainian economy made up 13%, compared with the relevant period last year, according to the data provided by the State Statistics Service.
In particular, in January-June 2019, capital investments into the Ukrainian economy amounted to almost UAH 234 billion (which is 13.1% more year-over-year), of which UAH 94.3 billion (an increase of 31.6%) was attracted into industry, UAH 25.3 billion (an increase of 12.8% into construction), UAH 23.3 billion (a decrease of 11.7% in the agriculture sector, hunting and related services), UAH 18.5 billion (an increase of 7.7%) in the wholesale and retail trade.

Over the reporting period, machinery and equipment investments made up 35.3% of total capital investments, engineering sector investments - 19.8%, investments into non-residential buildings - 13.3%, vehicles - 12.4%, residential buildings - 10.5%, software and databases - 1.9%, commercial designations, industrial property rights, copyright and related rights, patents, licenses, concessions - 1.7%, long-term biological plants’ and livestock assets - 0.8%, land - 0.4%, other tangible and intangible assets - 3.9%.

Almost three-quarters of capital investments (73.3%) attracted in the first half of 2019 accounted for the own funds of enterprises and organizations, 7.7% - bank loans and other loans, 6.6% - household funds, 6.4% - local budgets, 2.6% - state budget funds, 0.8% - foreign investors' funds, 2.6% - other sources of financing.

As reported, according to the State Statistics Service, in the first half of 2018, Ukraine’s economy received UAH 206.9 billion in capital investments, which is 33.4% more than in the first half of 2017.