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● Extractive industry and quarry development – 9.4%
The largest increase in payment for 10 months of 2023 compared to 10
months of 2022 occurred in the following industries:
● Processing industry – 40% growth, or ₴58.5B
● Public administration and defense; mandatory social insurance – an
increase of 30%, or ₴35.5B
● Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles – 17.9% growth, or
₴27.5B
Tax revenues from the tourism industry in Ukraine increased by 13%.
According to the State Agency for Tourism Development, representatives of the tourism industry of Ukraine paid ₴1.45B in taxes for the three quarters of this year, which is 13% more than in the same period last year, when the budget received ₴1.28B.
6.1.3 Budget dynamics - funding
In 2024 the following total of €90bn of macro and military programmes funds have been promised of which about €15bn of macro support is due in 2024, not counting the US aid:
● US Biden is proposing $61bn, but that has been locked up in Congress.
● EU military support: €20bn
● EU budgetary support: €50bn
● Germany's military aid in 2024: €8bn
● Canada's military assistance: €0.8bn
● Norway's military assistance: €0.6bn
● The Netherlands' military aid: €2.5bn
● Denmark's military aid: €0.5bn
● South Korea's financial support: $0.4bn
● Japan's financial support: $0.2bn
● Great Britain's financial support: $0.5bn
● Great Britain's military aid: €2.7bn
● Expected IMF funding for Ukraine in 2024: $5.4bn
A European Union decision in December to launch membership talks with Ukraine is "at risk" and there is no agreement in the bloc to grant Kyiv a further 50bn euros ($54bn) in aid, a senior official said on November 7. A more gloomy mood setting in among Kyiv's Western backers as the war drags on. From regular reassurances that the EU would stand by Ukraine "as long as it takes", the official told Reuters the latest discussions in the bloc over further support to Kyiv were a "reality check".
"Leaders... were realizing it's quite expensive," said the official, who is involved in preparing a December14-15 summit in Brussels of the EU 27 member states' national leaders.
"How do we pay for this?" A proposal by the bloc's executive European Commission to revise the bloc's long-term budget to assign another 50bn euros for Ukraine through 2027 was criticised from several sides, said the official.
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