REUTERS
Retail turnover increased most in Ukrainian-controlled districts in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, as well as in Poltava, Zakarpattia, and Kyiv regions.
Ukraine saw a 5.5% rise in retail trade in January-September 2018 compared to the same period of 2017.
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However, the Ukrainian State Statistics Service has not provided statistics in monetary terms yet.
Retail turnover increased most in Ukrainian-controlled districts in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, as well as in Poltava, Zakarpattia, and Kyiv regions, namely by 27.9%, 13.7%, 11.1%, 11.1%, and 10.1%, respectively.
Retail trade in September 2018 alone shrank by 5% against August 2018, while it grew by 6.9% from August 2017.
As UNIAN reported earlier, retail trade in Ukraine increased by 8.8% in comparable prices in 2017 from 2016, to UAH 816.553 billion (US$29 billion).