The Ukrainian
economy suffered losses of more than 400 million euros due to strikes by carriers on the Ukrainian-Polish border.
border. These figures were announced at a briefing at the Ukrainian Media Center by Vice President of the Association of
of International Road Carriers - Volodymyr Balin, reports UNN.
The situation is really critical. I am not ready to say how other industries are suffering, although according to
the Federation of Employers of Ukraine estimates that our
economy has already suffered. We record the losses of our carriers at the rate of
lost profitability - 350 euros per day of downtime.
Details
Estimates of
of the losses of the Ukrainian economy due to the blocking of the
of the border by Polish strikers was made by analysts of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine.
of Ukraine. According to their calculations, the amount of losses for Ukraine since the beginning of the rallies at the border
has already exceeded 400 million euros.
Context
Polish carriers intensify protests
at Polish-Ukrainian border crossings due to excessive competition after
liberalization of international transportation between Ukraine and the EU. They
blocked the passage for Ukrainian carriers, thus expressing their
disagreement with privileges for Ukrainians, and blocked truck traffic at the
Krakivets-Korchova, Yagodyn-Dorokhusk and
"Rava-Ruska-Kreben."