Ukraine reports growth in GDP

RFE/RL Newsline

KYIV - In the first half of 1998, Ukraine witnessed a "positive trend toward increasing its GDP," Ukraine Television reported on July 28, citing a report by the State Committee for Statistics. This is the first time in recent years that such growth has been registered. According to the committee, "small but long-awaited improvements" could be seen in both the industrial and agricultural sectors. The agricultural sector's contribution to GDP increased by 2.8 percent. Negative trends mentioned in the committee's report include an increase in the number of loss-making industrial enterprises and a decrease in real incomes.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August 16, 1998, No. 33, Vol. LXVI

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