Ukraine's economy lost more than 400 million euros due to strikes on the Polish border
Kyiv • UNN
The Ukrainian economy lost more than 400 million euros due to strikes by Polish carriers at the border, which affected the profitability of Ukrainian transportation, reports Volodymyr Balin of the Association of International Road Carriers.
The Ukrainian economy suffered losses of more than 400 million euros due to strikes by carriers on the Ukrainian-Polish border. border. These figures were announced at a briefing at the Ukrainian Media Center by Vice President of the Association of of International Road Carriers - Volodymyr Balin, reports UNN.
The situation is really critical. I am not ready to say how other industries are suffering, although according to the Federation of Employers of Ukraine estimates that our economy has already suffered. We record the losses of our carriers at the rate of lost profitability - 350 euros per day of downtime.
Details
Estimates of of the losses of the Ukrainian economy due to the blocking of the of the border by Polish strikers was made by analysts of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine. of Ukraine. According to their calculations, the amount of losses for Ukraine since the beginning of the rallies at the border has already exceeded 400 million euros.
Context
Polish carriers intensify protests at Polish-Ukrainian border crossings due to excessive competition after liberalization of international transportation between Ukraine and the EU. They blocked the passage for Ukrainian carriers, thus expressing their disagreement with privileges for Ukrainians, and blocked truck traffic at the Krakivets-Korchova, Yagodyn-Dorokhusk and "Rava-Ruska-Kreben."
