In January-March large and medium metal companies posted losses of 6.13 billion UAH as opposed to the profit of 4.36 billion UAH in Q1 2018.
According to the State Statistics Service, 69.5% of enterprises received a profit of 2 billion UAH, while the other 30.5% got losses of 9 billion UAH.
EBITDA was –6.75 billion UAH, with 70.2% of companies receiving 3.1 billion UAH, and 29.8% – minus 9.85 billion UAH. (Ukrainian metal)