Updated 11/22/94 The following file contains: 1) GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FILE AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION 2) AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT BY YEAR 3) MINING OUTPUT BY YEAR 4) SELECTED INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT BY YEAR 5) EMPLOYMENT DATA BY SECTOR AND YEAR GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FILE AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION The following contains some information about the economy of Ukraine. It is taken primarily from The Europa World Year Book, which draws extensively on material from publications published by the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, and from the Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1993 published by the Central Intelligence Agency. Efforts have been made to ensure accuracy; updates will be made periodically. Please report any errors of commission and omission which you may notice to Max Pyziur at pyz@panix.com. ECONOMY Principal Crops ('000 metric ton 1989 1990 1991 1992 Grain (cereals and pulses) Wheat 27,400 30,374 21,155 19,473 Barley 10,100 9,169 8,047 10,106 Maize 7,000 4,737 4,747 2,851 Rye 1,300 1,260 982 1,156 Oats 1,400 1,303 945 1,246 Millet 400 338 338 226 Rice 153 117 102 92 Other Cereals 563 494 472 Potatoes 19,308 16,732 14,550 20,427 Dry Peas 3,029 1,782 2,776 Sunflower seeds 2,885 2,725 2,448 2,100 Cabbages 1,891 1,299 1,140 Tomatoes 1,633 1,682 1,480 Cucumber & gherkins 300 382 336 Dry onions 850 801 715 Carrots 401 322 290 Sugar beets 51,769 44,265 36,168 28,546 Watermelons, etc. 792 766 800 Grapes 789 836 673 655 Apples 1,968 798 900 Pears 212 118 150 Plums 315 256 266 Flax fibre 111 108 106 Livestock ('000 head at 1/1) Horses 754 738 730 Cattle 25,621 25,195 24,623 23,700 Pigs 19,471 20,000 19,400 17,800 Sheep 8,545 7,332 7,332 Goats 458 523 468 Poultry 255,000 247,000 243,000 Livestock Products ('000 metric tons, unless otherwise indicated) Beef & Veal 1,985 1,878 1,676 Mutton and lamb 44 38 35 Goats' meat 2 2 2 Pig meat 1,576 1,421 1,209 Poultry meat 708 654 605 Cows' milk 24,360 22,312 19,000 Sheep's milk 22 15 8 Goats' milk 126 82 70 Butter 444 376 345 Poultry eggs 973.6 913.8 854.1 Hen eggs 944.3 886.3 830 Wool: greasy 29.8 26.6 22.4 scoured 18.0 16.0 13.4 MINING 1989 1990 1991 1992 ('000 metric tons, unless otherwise indicated) Hard coal 181,800} 180,200 {155,532 Brown coal (incl. lignite) 9,900} { 9,280 Crude petroleum 5,400 5,400 5,252 Natural gas (million cu meter) 32,400 30,800 28,082 Iron ore: Gross weight 11,600 n.a. 104,982 metal content 64,371 61,665 58,988 Manganese ore 2,279 2,208 Magnesite 855 851 828 Chalk 665 652 1,082 Potash salts (crude) 1,077 851 585 Native sulphur 2,556 2,407 2,118 Salt (unrefined) 8,186 8,338 8,309 Gypsum (crude) 1,030 1,034 1,014 Peat: for fuel 2,007 2,366 1,619 for agricultural use 21,957 18,225 14,680 INDUSTRY 1989 1990 1991 1992 Selected Products ('000 metric tons, unless otherwise indicated) Margarine 308 318 289 Flour 7,534 7,614 7,671 Raw sugar 4,646 5,177 5,388 Ethyl alcohol ('000 hectolitres) 2,776 4,911 5,394 Wine ('000 hectolitres) 3,165 3,258 2,723 Beer ('000 hectolitres) 12,951 13,749 13,778 Cigarettes (million) 81,659 78,446 69,397 Wool yarn: pure and mixed 48 49 48 Cotton yarn: pure and mixed 161 162 157 Flax yarn 28 27 25 Woven cotton fabrics (mln sq mtr) 613 620 614 Woven woollen fabrics (mln sq mtr) 87 90 86 Linen fabrics (mln sq mtr) 107 109 102 Footwear, excl. rubber('000 pr) 190,583 193,673 196,466 Paper 343 353 369 Hydrochloric acid 271 279 274 Sulphuric acid 4,339 4,268 4,194 Nitric acid 214 244 229 Phosphoric acid 695 694 692 Caustic soda (Sodium hydroxide 494 472 444 Soda ash (Sodium carbonate) 1,340 1,263 1,120 Nitrogenous fertilizers 3,635 3,275 3,022 Phosphatic fertilizers 1,725 1,695 1,648 Potassic fertilizers 203 170 143 Rubber tires ('000) 8,783 8,730 8,539 Rubber footwear ('000 pairs) 30,618 31,626 32,290 Clay building bricks (million) 6,792 7,118 7,241 Quicklime 8,929 8,931 8,677 Cement 23,533 23,416 22,729 Pig-iron 43,930 43,061 41,906 35,300 Crude steel: for castings 2,156 2,014 1,920 ingots 54,282 52,772 50,702 42,000 Tractors (numbers) 130,705 115,913 106,221 Household refrigerators ('000) 843 882 903 Household washing machines ('0 533 651 788 Radio receivers ('000) 432 574 n.a. Television Receivers ('000) 3,434 3,572 3,773 Passenger motor Cars ('000) 155 155 156 Buses and motor coaches (nmbr) 14,834 14,561 12,713 Lorries (number) 29,789 28,111 27,680 Motorcycles, scooters, etc ('000) 112 109 103 Bicycles ('000) 891 838 800 Electric energy (billion KWH) 295 298 275 252 EMPLOYMENT (annual avgs, '000 emps) 1989 1990 1991 1992 Agriculture 4,801 4,960 4,762 Industry 7,981 7,830 7,769 Construction 2,396 2,422 2,267 Transport & Communications 1,793 1,788 1,774 Trade & material Services 1,896 1,892 1,863 Health & social services 1,480 1,502 1,521 Education & culture 2,361 2,360 2,367 Other activities 2,712 2,647 2,655 Total 25,420 25,401 24,977