Top 100 state enterprises earned UAH 26.4 bln of net profit in 2016 versus UAH 53 bln of net profit in 2015, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Maxim Nefedov said during the press briefing on Tuesday, EP reports quoting Interfax-Ukraine.
“The oil and gas sector is profitable due to Naftogaz, energy and engineering. The other companies are lossmaking. Four companies of Ukraine demonstrate this result. The other companies demonstrate losses, amounting to UAH 10 bln”, he said.
Nefedov also emphasized that the balance cost of top 100 state companies is UAH 1.4 trln.
“Of course, UAH 26 bln versus UAH 1.4 trln of the balance cost of these companies is not the indicator, which we can be proud of”, he noted.
As reported on July 1, the tax debt of business to the state reached the record level – UAH 77.4 bln. For comparison: back in January 2014, this indicator is UAH 9.5 bln.
