Restructuring of industrial economies in countries in transition: Experience of Ukraine



Table 1: Industrial Output of Ukraine by Sectors

(increase (+), decrease (-), per cent to previous year)

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Industry - total

-0,1

-5,0

-6,0

-8,0

-28,2

-12,0

-5,1

-1,8

Electrical Energy

0,7

-4,0

-6,0

-6,0

-12,5

-6,0

-7,0

-2,6

Fuel

-5,0

-11,0

-14,0

-23,0

-17,2

-10,0

-7,0

4,5

Ferrous Metallurgy

-4,0

-12,0

-10,0

-24,0

-28,8

-5,0

12,0

7,7

Machine-Building and

Metal Processing

1,0

4,0

-4,0

6,0

-42,9

-24,0

-29,0

-3,6

Chemical and Petrochemical

-1,0

-7,0

-13,0

-25,0

-26,4

-9,0

-3,4

-0,6

Wood and Wood

Processing

2,0

2,0

1,0

-3,0

-34,9

-17,0

-19,0

-5,1

Building Materials

-2,0

1,0

-4,0

-15,0

-36

-28,0

-34,0

-7,9

Consumer Goods

0,4

-3,0

5,0

-13,0

-47,4

-33,0

-25,0

-5,2

Food Processing

0,7______

-13,0

-15,0

-12,0

-19,7

-13,0

-7,0

-14,6

Table 3: Industrial Output of Ukraine by Sectors

(per cent to previous year)

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Industry - total

99,9

95,0

94,0

92,0

71,8

88,0

94,9

98,2

Electrical Energy

100,7

96,0

94,0

94,0

87,5

94,0

93,0

97,4

Fuel

95,0

89,0

86,0

77,0

82,8

90,0

93,0

104,5

Ferrous Metallurgy

96,0

88,0

90,0

76,0

71,2

95,0

112,0

107,7

Machine-Building and

Metal Processing

101,0

104,0

96,0

106,0

57,1

76,0

71,0

96,4

Chemical and Petrochemical

99,0

93,0

87,0

75,0

73,6

91,0

96,6

99,4

Wood and Wood

Processing

102,0

102,0

101,0

97,0

65,1

83,0

81,0

94,9

Building Materials

98,0

101,0

96,0

85,0

64,0

72,0

66,0

92,1

Consumer Goods

100,4

97,0

105,0

87,0

52,6

67,0

75,0

94,8

Food Processing

100,7

87,0

85,0

88,0

80,3

87,0

93,0

85,4

As it was declared by the Deputy-Ministry of Economy of Ukraine Leonid Minin we
had not just a decline but a catastrophic reduction of output in the final goods production over
the last few years. There are left in the chemical industry 37 per cent, wood processing - 33 per
cent, consumer goods - 22 per cent, machine-building - about 20 per cent, machine-tool
construction - only 7 per cent that of the level of 1990.

According to the official statistics the industrial output in 1997 was only 48 per cent that
of the one in 1990. Neither of the industrial sector, except for electrical generation, did not



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