IT is the only business area that has grown this year

IT services are the only business area that has grown this year compared to 2021. the growth is 27% in January-May 2022, Opendatabot reports, citing NBU data.

In the first five months of 2022, the IT sector grew by 27%. And it was the only one that showed growth in the country compared to last year. In January-May of this year, the share of IT in all exports of services was 46%. For comparison, a year ago this figure was 37%. Details

At the same time, all exports of services remained at the level of the corresponding period last year — 6 6.8 billion. And exports of goods fell by 20% - from.22.5 billion to. 17.9 billion. Exports of ferrous metals (38%) and food (6%)decreased

On July 4, Ukraine presented a plan for post-war reconstruction. It is designed for ten years and requires more than.750 billion for implementation. These funds are needed to implement 850 projects necessary for the reconstruction of the country. Here DOU talked about the key aspects of the IT component of the plan and the necessary amounts of funding.

In July, the government launches a new grant program for training IT specialists, and also promises grant support to startups, the press service of the Ministry of Economy reports. UAH 1.8 billion will be allocated for training new specialists, and from UAH 400 million for the development of startups.

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