Cherkasy region – one of the youngest regions in Ukraine, but the economic indicators in the region is among the leaders among the regions of our country. The presence of fertile black soil causes a high level of development of the agricultural sector. The area over the last few years, is a leader in grain crop yields, livestock productivity, processing of agricultural products.
The competitive advantages of the region are:
– Natural resources: land fund of the region in their fertile potential is among the highest in the country;
– Favorable economic – geographical location: area is located at the crossroads of important transport communications;
– The presence of water connections;
– High level of operating potential;
– A favorable business climate.
On the territory of Cherkasy region is located 542 industrial enterprises.
In the structure of industrial production is dominated by the following economic activities: manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco, chemical industry, mechanical engineering.
Businesses and organizations in the region is carried out foreign trade operations with many countries of the world. In 2015, with the region exported products to 106 countries around the world, imported goods were received from 80 countries around the world.
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№ |
Main export partners | %
|
Main import partners | %
|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 19,6 | Russian Federation | 64,1 |
| 2 | Poland | 14,5 | Belarus | 4,2 |
| 3 | India | 8,2 | China | 3,7 |
| 4 | China | 5,4 | Germany | 3,6 |
| 5 | Brazil | 4,8 | Bulgaria | 3,0 |
| 6 | Turkey | 4,1 | Sweden | 2,6 |
| 7 | Italy | 3,8 | Poland | 2,5 |
| 8 | Byelorussia | 3,1 | Italy | 1,2 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2,8 | ||
| 10 | Germany | 2,2 |
In 2015 352.90 million US dollars of direct investment was attracted into the economy of this area.
The main countries – investors are: Belize, Cyprus, Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, the Russian Federation.
Geographical structure foreign trade for 2015
| Export | Import | Balance | ||||||
| thousand dollars US | in % to
2014 |
thousand dollars US | in % to
2014 |
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| Total | 434189,9 | 69,6 | 228186,1 | 49,9 | 206003,7 | |||
| Including | ||||||||
| Australia | 32,8 | 38,4 | – | – | 32,8 | |||
| Austria | 2647,6 | 262,3 | 1850,7 | 50,6 | 796,9 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 4410,8 | 44,6 | – | – | 4410,8 | |||
| Albania | 932,7 | 65,8 | – | – | 932,7 | |||
| Algeria | 4243,7 | 101,6 | – | – | 4243,7 | |||
| Argentina | 114,8 | 2,5 | 2,2 | 0,5 | 112,5 | |||
| Afghanistan | 81,1 | 264,1 | – | – | 81,1 | |||
| Bangladesh | 287,9 | 53,1 | – | – | 287,9 | |||
| Bahrain | 8,0 | 26,4 | 26,7 | 165,4 | –18,6 | |||
| Belgium | 3518,5 | 67,2 | 2419,9 | 66,4 | 1098,6 | |||
| Belarus | 41381,4 | 91,3 | 8261,4 | 16,7 | 33120,0 | |||
| Bulgaria | 3164,2 | 154,4 | 4275,4 | 20,2 | –1111,2 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 172,0 | 327,3 | – | – | 172,0 | |||
| Brazil | – | – | 3450,7 | 143,6 | –3450,7 | |||
| Burkina Faso | – | – | 14,5 | – | –14,5 | |||
| United Kingdom | 2079,8 | 87,0 | 4867,4 | 68,7 | –2787,6 | |||
| Vietnam | 578,0 | 39,0 | 927,4 | 102,1 | –349,4 | |||
| Armenia | 995,3 | 148,3 | 117,3 | 26,9 | 878,0 | |||
| Ghana | – | – | 44,4 | 163,3 | –44,4 | |||
| Hong Kong | 141,5 | 199,2 | 32,3 | 667,3 | 109,1 | |||
| Greece | 288,7 | 9,6 | 21,4 | 0,4 | 267,3 | |||
| Georgia | 2921,9 | 88,3 | 681,0 | 30,9 | 2240,9 | |||
| Denmark | 922,0 | 107,3 | 1877,4 | 24,0 | –955,4 | |||
| Djibouti | 872,6 | 345,9 | – | – | 872,6 | |||
| Estonia | 1328,0 | 95,9 | 41,5 | – | 1286,5 | |||
| Ethiopia | 367,8 | 907,2 | – | – | 367,8 | |||
| Egypt | 20701,6 | 198,8 | 995,0 | 83,3 | 19706,5 | |||
| Emen | 257,2 | 261,1 | – | – | 257,2 | |||
| Israel | 8895,2 | 82,3 | 295,1 | 44,7 | 8600,1 | |||
| India | 18595,7 | 1422,7 | 5071,3 | 61,3 | 13524,4 | |||
| Indonesia | 1751,9 | 134,5 | 8204,4 | 294,0 | –6452,5 | |||
| Iraq | 2340,4 | 153,1 | – | – | 2340,4 | |||
| Iran, Islamic | ||||||||
| Republic | 1999,9 | 50,0 | – | – | 1999,9 | |||
| Ireland | 1311,4 | 71015,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 1311,4 | |||
| Iceland | – | – | 452,3 | 50,8 | –452,3 | |||
| Spain | 18482,3 | 132,5 | 1426,6 | 67,5 | 17055,7 | |||
| Italy | 20937,7 | 42,5 | 5429,4 | 82,2 | 15508,3 | |||
| Jordan | 2936,0 | 80,7 | 0,0 | – | 2935,9 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 21038,4 | 143,4 | 1269,3 | 284,6 | 19769,1 | |||
| Canada | 283,3 | 132,2 | 245,3 | 29,2 | 38,0 | |||
| Qatar | 3,9 | – | – | – | ||||
| Kenya | 308,4 | 21,0 | – | – | 308,4 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 1330,6 | 86,8 | – | – | 1330,6 | |||
| China | 3718,1 | 26,6 | 33135,8 | 81,0 | ||||
| Cyprus | 464,7 | 98,1 | 0,5 | – | 464,2 | |||
| The former Yugoslav | ||||||||
| Republic of Macedonia | 340,0 | 487,3 | 307,9 | – | ||||
| Korean People | ||||||||
| Democratic Republic | 7252,9 | 2187,1 | – | – | ||||
| Republic of Korea | 3470,3 | 46,9 | 425,4 | 182,4 | 3044,8 | |||
| Costa Rica | 276,7 | – | 11,3 | – | 265,4 | |||
| Côte d’Ivoire | 68,9 | – | – | – | 68,9 | |||
| Cuba | 19,2 | 0,3 | – | – | 19,2 | |||
| Latvia | 3008,5 | 140,7 | 27,3 | 4,0 | 2981,2 | |||
| Lithuania | 6359,0 | 40,1 | 3805,2 | 72,8 | ||||
| Lebanon | 1348,5 | 80,0 | – | – | 1348,5 | |||
| Libya | 378,5 | 66,1 | – | – | 378,5 | |||
| Luxembourg | – | – | 55,2 | 105,8 | ||||
| Mauritania | 622,3 | 143,6 | – | – | 622,3 | |||
| Malaysia | 298,0 | 81,6 | 4888,1 | 147,5 | ||||
| Malta | 0,6 | – | – | – | 0,6 | |||
| Morocco | 3611,0 | 32,8 | 52,0 | 204,6 | ||||
| Mexico | 10902,3 | 125,1 | 37,3 | 66,5 | 10865,0 | |||
| Republic of Moldova | 8967,7 | 86,6 | 2127,4 | 196,0 | 6840,3 | |||
| Mongolia | 122,4 | 82,0 | – | – | 122,4 | |||
| Nigeria | 184,7 | 3,9 | – | – | 184,7 | |||
| Holland | 10071,3 | 177,3 | 4746,3 | 77,8 | 5325,0 | |||
| Germany | 14496,6 | 63,0 | 28965,9 | 72,3 | ||||
| New Zealand | – | – | 9,0 | 0,7 | ||||
| Norway | 1287,3 | 68,0 | 59,7 | – | 1227,6 | |||
| United Arab | ||||||||
| Emirates | 2055,8 | 29,3 | 109,7 | 19,9 | ||||
| Pakistan | 729,9 | 14,7 | 371,4 | 242247,9 | ||||
| Palestine | 1683,0 | 61,5 | – | – | 1683,0 | |||
| Panama | 56,1 | 1215,5 | – | – | ||||
| South Africa | 2069,4 | 820,7 | 29,0 | 56,0 | ||||
| Poland | 41988,4 | 64,8 | 15250,5 | 95,1 | 26737,9 | |||
| Portugal | 8291,8 | 151,1 | 6,7 | 8,3 | 8285,0 | |||
| Puerto-Rico | 30,1 | – | – | – | 30,1 | |||
| Russia | 34596,5 | 29,1 | 17614,1 | 16,7 | 16982,4 | |||
| Romania | 4579,0 | 257,7 | 3552,0 | 17,2 | 1027,0 | |||
| San Marino | 24,2 | – | – | – | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 6665,0 | 81,8 | 69,8 | 18,6 | 6595,3 | |||
| Senegal | 8,9 | 10,4 | – | – | 8,9 | |||
| Serbia | 538,4 | 137,5 | 53,3 | 1,6 | 485,1 | |||
| Syrian Arab | ||||||||
| Republic | 443,0 | 71,2 | – | – | ||||
| Singapore | – | – | 1035,4 | 62,4 | ||||
| Slovakia | 1122,3 | 101,4 | 5531,0 | 138,0 | ||||
| Slovenia | 599,2 | 1395,8 | 1206,2 | 33,7 | ||||
| Somalia | – | – | 5,7 | – | ||||
| Sudan | 346,2 | 57,8 | – | – | 346,2 | |||
| USA | 1322,7 | 18,9 | 7294,3 | 56,6 | ||||
| Serra Leone | – | – | 0,4 | 15,8 | ||||
| Tajikistan | 137,7 | 50,7 | – | – | 137,7 | |||
| Thailand | 4243,0 | 242,9 | 28,6 | 109,3 | 4214,3 | |||
| Taiwan, Province of | ||||||||
| China | 24,5 | 4,0 | 445,2 | 179,0 | ||||
| Tunisia | 2479,5 | 85,0 | 0,1 | – | ||||
| Turkey | 32057,9 | 114,1 | 4302,2 | 81,6 | ||||
| Turkmenistan | 1602,3 | 80,5 | 211,8 | 224,0 | 1390,5 | |||
| Hungary | 2933,4 | 19,3 | 3059,0 | 46,2 | ||||
| Uzbekistan | 522,8 | 40,8 | 2344,2 | 95,7 | ||||
| Uruguay | 5,0 | 0,3 | 41,2 | – | ||||
| Philippines | 2158,1 | 159,2 | 97,3 | 446,8 | 2060,8 | |||
| Finland | 45,0 | 8,6 | 789,6 | 25,7 | ||||
| France | 7429,1 | 169,9 | 6577,7 | 55,4 | ||||
| French Guiana | 25,7 | – | – | – | 25,7 | |||
| Croatia | – | – | 7,2 | 2,7 | ||||
| Chad | 1,2 | – | – | – | 1,2 | |||
| Czech Republic | 599,7 | 118,5 | 2060,3 | 60,7 | ||||
| Chile | 173,5 | 188,4 | 26,1 | 4,8 | 147,3 | |||
| Switzerland | 99,1 | 103,2 | 1563,1 | 59,8 | ||||
| Sweden | 1726,1 | 185,6 | 17001,7 | 119,6 | ||||
| Sri Lanka | – | – | 730,4 | 119,6 | ||||
| Jamaica | – | – | 2,2 | 47,3 | ||||
| Japan | 842,4 | 39,7 | 5814,0 | 59,9 | ||||
Priority sectors for investment in this area are:
– Agribusiness;
– Food industry;
– The processing industry;
– Chemical and petrochemical industry;
– Hotel and tourism industry.