The latest numbers from the State Committee for Statistics of Ukraine show that mining industries decreased output by 23.4% in January-July, compared with the same period last year.
The enterprises that produce food, tobacco and drinks decreased output by 12%.
Woodworking enterprises, pulp and paper, printing industries and publishing houses decreased output by 13.2%.
Chemical industries decreased output by 20.7% in January-July from the year-earlier period.
Metallurgical plants and metalworking industry enterprises decreased output by 25.4%.
In the pharmaceutical industry production fell by 11.2%.
“Ukraine has not yet died,” is the doleful first line of the national anthem. It is a sadly appropriate lyric for much of today’s economy in this country, which is as cold and lifeless as a corpse.
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