Sectors for investment in Ukraine

Generously fertile land and low production costs make Ukrainian agriculture an unprecedentedly prosperous area. About 60% of Ukrainian territory occupying 30% world share of agriculture fertile black soil which contains more than ten percent organic matter necessary for quality crop production compared to two to eight percent in other parts of the world.

Ukraine is 5th biggest market for IT outsourcing services now. The IT sector in the country experiences 25 percent growth annually, and it has risen by ten times on the amount it was ten years ago.

Ukraine is a country with great tourist potential. The sector provides crucial support for the national economy. The country's tourism industry is generally considered to be underdeveloped and full of possibilities for investors.

Ukrainian alternative energy sector is considered by the largest international players as one of the most fast-growing and attractive European markets among the developing economies and has doubled in the last two years with major growth driven by subsidized utility-scale solar.

The fast-moving consumer goods industry in Ukraine includes over 3,000 enterprises producing textile, knitting, clothing, leather, footwear; basic foods, such as sugar, salt, oil, alcohol, confectionery, etc.;

The timber industry in Ukraine is a prosperous and well-secured sector of the country and is also a major source of wood in Europe. This is aided by the current state programe aimed at preserving state-owned forests and the systematic development of forestry. The highest concentration of forests is in the north and west Ukraine (predominately pine, beech, oak, and spruce)

Metallurgy is the basic industry of the Ukrainian economy with 25% of Ukrainian industrial production. The country has 5% of the world’s deposits of minerals, the total value is 11 trillion USD and produces about 30 million tons of iron and steel annually, accounting for about 5% of GDP and also is one of the world’s largest exporter of iron and steel.

Machine-building is the largest Ukrainian industrial sector with instrument-making, tractor and agricultural machinery building, electric engineering, automobile building, chemical and petrochemical engineering, and machine-tool construction.

The multi-branch chemical sector of Ukraine includes chemical, petrochemical and chemical-pharmaceutic sub-sectors with over 1,600 enterprises and structural units. This sector in Ukraine produces mineral fertilizers, non-organic acids and soda; synthetic resins, plastic masses, chemical fiber, man-made caoutchouc and threads; and car and motor-cycle tires, hoses, and consumer goods.