Analysis of the Investment Attractiveness of Ukraine in the Present Context
In the article the place of Ukraine in the international rankings, such as Doing Business, Tax Index of the European Business Association, the study by Research Branding Group is discussed. The dynamics of the situation in Ukraine in the field of starting up the business, taxation and protection of investors were analyzed. The structure of the investments inflows in Ukraine was considered, it was revealed that the foreign investments account for approximately 2% of all inflows. The dynamics of the foreign investments were analyzed and the main investor countries, namely Cyprus, Germany, Netherlands and others were defined. The dynamics of the foreign trade activities of Ukraine for the period of 2010 - first half of 2014 in agriculture, machine building and chemical industry as well as the investment activity in Ukraine in these industry branches were considered. This analysis was useful in order to determine the level of interest of the foreign sector in the production of the above-mentioned areas. Identified problems that slow down the development of the investment activity and reduce the competitiveness of agricultural, machine building and chemical industries.