Capital investments amount to UAH 155bn (USD 5.7bn) in H1/2017, up 22.5% y/y

Domestic enterprises and companies absorbed UAH 155bn of capital investments in H1/2017, up 22.5% y/y. The private means of the companies comprised more than 74% of the total worth of the capital investments. In particular, almost 51% of the investments were channeled into machinery, equipment and transportation vehicles. At this, capital investments into buildings made some 41% of the whole amount. In year-on-year terms, the largest growth of capital investments were registered in Zaporizhia region – up 65%, Ternopil region – up 64%, and TransCarpathian region – up 46%. Interestingly, the total amount of foreign capital investments make only 3% in the Ukrainian economy overall, believes mr. Anatoliy Maksiuta, former deputy minister of economic development and trade of Ukraine. At this, foreign capital investments are mainly coming from the offshore entities associated with domestic businessmen.