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Employee reservations brought more than 157 billion UAH to the budget.
As of September this year, about 1,4 million people in Ukraine had been reserved from mobilization. The most reserved workers are in the manufacturing industry. At the same time, the average salary at critically important enterprises increased by 55% over two years, and tax revenues increased accordingly. This was reported by Minister of Economy Oleksandr Kravchenko in an interview with Forbes Ukraine.
According to him, despite the fact that around 15% of enterprises lost their critically important status in the summer, the number of workers with reservations quickly returned to the previous level. Currently, the number of reserved workers remains at 1,4 million people.
The Ministry of Economy calculated that the most workers are reserved in five sectors:
manufacturing industry — about 20%;
transport and logistics — 12%;
trade — 10%;
energy — 9%;
agriculture — 8%.
He added that each sector's share depends primarily on the number of active enterprises in it. Business geography, proximity to the front, and the ratio of men to women among staff also affect it.
The Ministry of Economy asserts that stripping enterprises of critically important status—and thus removing reservations—does not noticeably replenish the armed forces. According to the agency, during waves of de-reservation, a very small percentage of workers ended up joining the army.
“We see a positive effect from reservations. They keep people in official jobs where they work for the economy and pay taxes,” the minister added.
According to the minister, the salary criterion for reservation has a positive effect both on employees' wage levels and on tax revenues to the budget. Over two years, the average salary at critically important enterprises rose from 14 200 to 26 000 UAH. As a result, the budget received more than 157 billion UAH.
Recall that in May this year the Cabinet changed the reservation rules for employees of critically important infrastructure to maintain a balance between defense needs and stable rear-area work.
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