Ministry of Economy: Businesses have received loans worth over UAH 15 billion since the beginning of the year
Kyiv • UNN
Since the beginning of 2024, about 4,000 entrepreneurs have received loans worth UAH 15.7 billion under the Affordable Loans program, with the largest amounts going to agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, and the manufacturing industry.
Since the beginning of 2024, almost 4 thousand entrepreneurs have received loans under the "Affordable Loans" program worth UAH 15.7 billion, according to the Ministry of Economy, UNN reports .
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Since the beginning of 2024, about 4,000 entrepreneurs have taken advantage of loans available under the Affordable Loans program in the amount of UAH 15.7 billion. Last week, 431 companies received such loans in the amount of UAH 1.7 billion.
In total, 83 thousand loans worth UAH 283 billion have been issued since the program began in February 2020 .
In 2024, the largest amount of available working capital loans was taken out by entrepreneurs in the amount of UAH 7.6 billion. Banks allocated UAH 3.4 billion in loans to processing companies, UAH 2.6 billion was directed to businesses in the high war risk zone, and UAH 2.5 billion was allocated to investment projects.
The most frequently lent under the program are enterprises operating in the following sectors: - agriculture (48%); - wholesale and retail trade (25%); - manufacturing (17%).
Among the regions, the highest volumes of loan transactions were recorded in: Lviv, Dnipropetrovs'k, Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia regions and the city of Kyiv.
As of today, 45 banks participate in the program, with the largest number of loans issued since the program's launch: "Privatbank (37.8 thousand), Oschadbank (12.6 thousand), and Raiffeisen Bank Aval (5.4 thousand).
Recall
Since the launch of the Affordable Housing program, 7,800 Ukrainian families have received loans totaling UAH 12 billion to purchase housing, of which 204 loans were issued last week.
