Industrial production growth rate: -1.8% (1997 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 52 million kW (1997)
Electricity-production: 177 billion kWh (1997)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 3,431 kWh (1997)
Agriculture-products: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; meat, milk
Exports: total value: $15.2 billion (1997 est.) commodities: ferrous and nonferrous metals, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products partners: Russia, China, Belarus, Turkey, Germany (1997)
Imports: total value: $20.2 billion (1997 est.) commodities: energy, machinery and parts, transportation equipment, chemicals, plastics and rubber partners: Russia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Germany, China
Debt-external: $9.6 billion (including $2.1 billion to Russia) (yearend 1997 est.)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $220 million (1993) note: commitments, 1992-95, $4.5 billion ($4.1 billion drawn)
Currency: on 2 September 1996, Ukraine introduced the long-awaited hryvnia as its national currency, replacing the karbovanets (in circulation since 12 November 1992) at a rate of 100,000 karbovantsi to 1 hryvnia