REUTERS
Retail trade in Ukraine grew by 8% in January-July 2017 year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service's website.
Retail turnover increased most in Zakarpattia, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, and Lviv regions – by 21%, 17.7%, 12.8%, 10.8%, 10.6%, 9.5% and 9.5%, respectively.
Read alsoWeek’s balance: Ukrzaliznytsia say goodbye to their rockstar CEO, NBU develops new forex regulations, while inflation sees growthRetail trade in July 2017 alone rose by 6.7% against June 2017, while it grew by 6.8% y-o-y.
However, the service has not disclosed absolute values.
As UNIAN reported earlier, retail trade in Ukraine increased by 7.3% in January-June 2017 y-o-y in comparable prices, to UAH 362.596 billion, or US$14 billion.
In 2016, retail trade in Ukraine rose by 3.7% from 2015 (in comparable prices) to UAH 1.159 trillion, or $45.6 billion, according to the State Statistics Service.