The Problems of Export-Oriented Business in the Regions of Ukraine During the Wartime and the Main Ways to Solve Them

Abstract

The article is concerned with studying the problems of export-oriented business of the regions of Ukraine in the conditions of wartime and the main ways to solve them. The main problems of export-oriented business in Ukraine, provoked by the military aggression of the Russian Federation (production, infrastructure, logistics, fiscal, energy), have been identified. It is found that the key problem of reducing the export activity of our State is the blocking of the main sea export routes, which before the war accounted for more than 70% of export cargo, including 80% of exports of agricultural products. It is proved that ensuring full-fledged exports from Ukraine by rail and road transport in today’s conditions is problematic owing to the shortage of cars, fuel, warehouses in European ports and on the land border of Ukraine with the EU Member States, differences in railway width standards, etc. It is argued that the «Grain Agreement» signed in Istanbul does not solve the problem of establishing exports for mining and metallurgical companies, whose logistics costs have generally increased 4-6 times due not only to military circumstances only, but also to an increase in tariffs for freight rail transportation. It is emphasized that the post-war reconstruction of the Ukrainian economy, which can become our novel industrialization, should take place to the maximum extent with a focus on those industries that materialize Ukraine’s advantage in the international market to a competitor, that is, this novel industrialization should be export-oriented. Some ways to restore export opportunities of domestic enterprises in the context of improving transport logistics and energy provision are proposed.