Azarov: Domestic internal turnover growing third year in row

The internal trade turnover is growing rapidly for the third year in the row. In particular, since the beginning of this year, it has grown by 20%, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said during the Cabinet’s meeting.

"It shows the growth of purchasing power and the correctness of the course for development of domestic consumption of domestic goods," Azarov said, Cabinet’s press service informs.

The Prime Minister stressed that the government has managed to achieve this at the time when most European countries suffer financial and economic crisis.

"Many countries have completely forgotten about the growth. Their production is falling, unemployment is rising, social security is declining. - Azarov said. - This is the obvious facts, which our opponents do not want to see. But we cannot ignore the background conditions in which we continue supporting economic growth, continue conducting administrative reform, deregulation of the economy that actually produce positive results. "