In 2013, total losses of metallurgy in the Donetsk region have reached almost 6 billion hryvnias
The annual losses of the Donetsk region’s enterprises have exceeded the profit by 1.9 billion hryvnias, the Department of Statistics in the Donetsk region reports.
According to preliminary data, in 2013 58 % of large and medium-sized enterprises in the Donetsk region (excluding banks, small enterprises and budget organizations) made the profit in the amount of 19.9 billion hryvnias, and 42 % of companies made the loss in the amount of 21.8 billion hryvnias. Thus, a negative financial result before tax was 1.9 billion hryvnias (in 2012 the profit exceed the losses by 2.8 billion hryvnias). At the same time, in 2013 the amount of loss of large and medium-sized enterprises in the region grew by 9% compared with the previous year, while the profit fell by 13%.
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