Speaking at a meeting of the Federation of employers of Ukraine Azarov informed that GDP of this year is expected at the amount of USD 160 milliard. "It is less than in 2008...And only in 2012 we will reach the level of 2007-2008 years," he said, FOrUm correspondent reports.
Among the macroeconomic problems the Premier pointed out disproportionate increase of import, and consequently the increase of trade misbalance between import and export.
The PM underlined that for the last year import has increased by 36%. "To liquidate trade misbalance the government intends to support domestic producers, which will reduce import dependence of Ukrainian economy through production of goods, analogues to imported ones," Azarov summed up.
