Revenue to Ukraine's state budget in January-April 2005 grew by 53.2% compared to the analogous period last year. This was reported by First Vice Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh on Wednesday during a meeting of heads of regional state administrations with the country's leadership, reports IA "Novyny - Ukraina".\n\nKinakh also reported that "according to operational data from the Ministry of Finance, over five months of the current year, local budget revenue will grow across Ukraine as a whole by 38.4%." As of June 1, 2005, it stands at 8.4 billion hryvnias (1.6 billion dollars).\n\nAccording to Kinakh, in 2005 "the economy in most regions is operating profitably," in particular, "24 regions received a positive financial result from their taxation activity. 19.5 billion hryvnias (3.86 billion dollars) in profit was received." The volume of industrial goods production in Ukraine increased by 6.2%, however a decline in industrial production is observed in Donetsk, Ternopil and Chernivtsi oblasts.\n\nThe First Vice Premier noted the development of the food and processing industry. According to him, in January-April the volume of production increased by 16% in 24 regions of Ukraine. He also emphasized "a positive trend in gross indicators in agriculture: overall agricultural growth stands at 4.8%." Higher indicators were achieved by Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson oblasts, while a decline is observed in Odesa, Kirovohrad, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi oblasts, noted Kinakh.