According to preliminary data, the financial result from ordinary activities before taxation of business entities in the region (excluding statistically small enterprises) for 2003 amounted to 51 million hryvnias in losses, the Volyn Regional Statistics Department reported. \nThe activity of trade enterprises significantly influenced the overall financial result. In December alone, their losses increased by 20 percent. Overall in the region, every second enterprise made a profit, but it proved insufficient to cover the losses of unprofitable business entities. \nBuilders worked steadily throughout the year and received 6.3 million hryvnias in profit. Among the profitable ones, it is worth noting OJSC "Svemon-Volyn", CJSC "RVU Vyshkiv AT", and OJSC "LutskSantechMontazh No. 536". \nIndustrial enterprises ended the year with a positive financial result. They created almost 2 million hryvnias in profit, whereas in the previous year their activity was loss-making. In the region, one third of all profitable business entities are low-profit. Each of them, on average, received only 3 thousand hryvnias in profit. \nAmong the districts of Volyn, positive financial results were achieved by business entities of Lutsk district (23 million hryvnias in profit), the city of Volodymyr-Volynskyi (16 million hryvnias), Horokhiv district (4 million hryvnias), Volodymyr-Volynskyi district (684 thousand hryvnias), and Kovel district (102 thousand hryvnias). At the same time, the share of loss-making enterprises is significant in the economy of Rozhyshche (77%), Stara Vyzhivka (76%), Kivertsy (68%), and Turiisk (67%) districts. \n