Wage arrears in Ukraine shrink 0.4% in Oct

REUTERS

At the same time, arrears on wages to employees at economically active enterprises fell by 0.7%, to UAH 1.333 billion ($49.7 million), the report said.

In early November, industry sector accounted for 77.6% or more than three-quarters of the debt of economically active enterprises. At the same time, over half of the debt was formed in Donetsk (30%), Luhansk (16%), and Sumy (7.1%) regions.

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