In 2004, Ukrainian exports of goods exceeded imports by 3,676.3 million dollars. This is reported by "Ukrainian News" with reference to the State Statistics Committee.

The effectiveness of applying investments in Lutsk was considered at a meeting of the city executive committee's press club using the example of the joint venture "Modern Expo." Back in 1999, this enterprise was a small firm engaged in importing goods from Poland and selling them in Ukraine.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has lowered the level of rates recommended to commercial banks for deposits.

The reality of the gas market in recent months demonstrates a steady trend of reducing volumes of imported gas with a simultaneous increase in domestic production. Experts are not confident that this trend can become a pattern.

A city-wide meeting was dedicated to the issue of repaying debts for housing and communal services, attended by deputy mayors Sviatoslav Kravchuk and Leonid KyryLchuk, director of the municipal enterprise "Lutskteplo" Anatolii Luchko, directors of housing and communal enterprises, and representatives of the education…

For the eighth year in a row, the region's industry has been increasing production volumes. In 2004, industrial production growth was 22.5 percent, while in 2003 it was 122.2 percent. The largest contribution to industrial production was made by food industry and machine-building enterprises.

The regional stage of the V All-Ukrainian competition "Young Economics" was held at the Volyn Institute of Economics and Management, initiated by the All-Ukrainian public organization – the non-governmental analytical center "Institute of Reforms," and co-organized by the Ministry of Economy on European Integration of…

The history of the Lutsk Automobile Plant has never seen such a case. At the end of last week, the entire deputy corps of Volyn, headed by the chairman of the regional council Vasyl Dmytruk, as well as the city mayor Anton Kryvytskyi, visited LuAZ.

On Tuesday, the National Bank of Ukraine lowered the rates on active operations, which indicates a clear improvement in the situation on the Ukrainian interbank credit market. This is reported by the market analysis department of "LIGABiznesInform".

In December 2004, household incomes increased by 12.9% compared to November to 30,557 million hryvnias, savings - by 31.1% to 4,082 million hryvnias. This is reported by the State Statistics Committee, according to "Ukrainian News."\n\nIn particular, in December compared to November, household wages increased by 10.