Since the beginning of 2024, entrepreneurs have received 9,582 loans under the Affordable Loans programme totalling UAH 38 billion. Banks issued 20% of loans to processing enterprises.
Last week, entrepreneurs received 512 such loans worth UAH 1.8 billion. Since the launch of the programme in February 2020, 88,500 loans worth UAH 305 billion have been issued.
Since the beginning of 2024, entrepreneurs have taken out the largest number of affordable loans to replenish working capital – UAH 14.7 billion. UAH 8 billion of loans were issued by banks to businesses operating in the high-risk combat zone, UAH 8 billion to processing enterprises and UAH 6 billion to implement investment projects.
The most frequent recipients of loans under the programme are companies operating in the following sectors: agriculture (47%), wholesale and retail trade (25%) and processing industry (18%).
Among the regions, the leaders in terms of loan agreements concluded are Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Poltava regions and the city of Kyiv.
Currently, 45 banks participate in the programme. (Government portal)