In January-February Ukrainian metal companies decreased their pre-tax losses 3.2 times YoY, to 9.9 billion UAH (from 31.7 billion UAH).
The net income decreased by 23% YoY, or by 7 billion UAH, to 23 billion UAH.
The average salary in the industry in March totaled 7452 UAH, with the average number of employees on the level of 114 thousand people. (Ukrainian metal)