According to tax reporting data for 2003, in the Volyn region there are 186 enterprises that operated at a loss (the total amount of losses for which was 51 million hryvnias). This was reported in his speech by the first deputy head of the State Tax Administration in the Volyn region, Yeriy Koval. In particular, in the industry sector, 70 enterprises are loss-making, in trade and public catering C 40,in construction C 22,in material and technical supply and sales Ts 17,in transport C 9,in agriculture C 7,in forestry C 2,in communications C 2,and others Ts 17.Of the total number of 186 loss-making enterprises in the region, in the city of Lutsk there are C 81such business entities, in the city of Kovel C 22,in Kovel district C 19,in the city of Novovolynsk C 19.In addition to the enterprises that were loss-making in 2003, the region has another 218 enterprises that have uncovered losses from previous periods and therefore also do not pay profit tax. Whereas in the region the average percentage of such enterprises was 7.1 percent of the total number of taxpayers, in Kivertsy district this figure is 13.6 percent (21 enterprises), in the city of Novovolynsk Ts 13.2percent (48 enterprises), in Kovel district 11 percent (19 enterprises), in Rozhyshche district 9.7 percent (7 enterprises), in Lutsk district 9.5 percent (32 enterprises).