Six months of war. How did business conduct in Ukraine have changed - Amcham Research

Only 1% of companies do not pay wages at all. The challenges during the Business Community War were asked to name the biggest topical challenges for their organizations. Safety and protection of employees (71%), logistics and transportation (44%), lack of customers or orders (34%), decline of partners (33%), and export-import operations (22%), were determined by business representatives as top -5 the biggest challenges.

The losses of 22% of respondents noted that factories/factories/warehouses/offices/offices of their companies have been damaged: 48% have minor injuries, 52% have inconsistent damage. 6% noted that their assets are still under occupation. 69% of the Chamber Member Companies did not suffer any damage during the six months of the war.

Expectations from the authorities of the business community have determined what the top 3 priorities of the government should be to accelerate post-war economic recovery and transformation after the victory of Ukraine. Among them: - to ensure national security and defense of Ukraine in cooperation with international allies (79%); - to implement the rule of law, real and effective judicial reform, fair justice, to provide transparent selection of judges of all instances.

Observe the independence of the National Bank, the Antimonopoly Committee and anti -corruption bodies. Reform the sector of state -owned enterprises and state banks (77%); - to accelerate Ukraine with EU membership by approaching national legislation in the field of competition, customs, health care, protection of intellectual property rights, media, etc. (37%).

As for the business climate forecast in Ukraine by the end of 2022, 60% of companies believe that the business climate will remain unchanged. 31% predicts the deterioration of the business climate, while 9% - improvement. It is also interesting to note that 87% of respondents support the promotion of talents to live, work and invest in Ukraine through the liberalization and modernization of labor legislation.

"This survey sends a positive signal that companies believe in Ukraine, since 96% of companies plan to continue their activities in Ukraine in 2023," - commented on the results of the study Andrey Gunder, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. The survey, which was conducted from August 18 to 23, was attended by 117 executives and top executives of the Chamber Member Companies. 84% of the survey respondents are companies, 16% are top executives.