to environmental protection activities, but enforcement of this pollution fee system is lax. Industrial pollution is a considerable problem in Ukraine. Chernobyl Significant environmental problems result from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986. In accordance with its previously announced plans, Ukraine permanently closed the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station in December 2000. In November 2001, Ukraine withdrew an application it had made to the EBRD for funding to complete two new reactor units to compensate for the energy once produced by Chernobyl. Ukrainian concern over reform conditions attached to the loan – particularly tariff increases needed to ensure loan repayment—led the Ukrainian government to withdraw the application on the day the EBRD Board was to have considered final approval. Major Ukrainian companies 1+1 Media Group – media 4AGames – Technology Antonov – Industrials APEKS-BANK – Financials ATB-Market – Consumer Services BG Capital – Financials Bogdan group – Industrials Chumak – Consumer goods Ciklum – IT DTEK – Oil & Gaz, Basic Materials, Utilities EKTA – Technology Electron - Industrials Epicentre K – Consumer services ESTA Holding – Financials FED – Aerospace industry Ferreexpo – Basic Materials FOM-Ukraine – Industrials Fozzy Group – Consumer services Galnaftogaz – Oil & Gas GSC Game World – Technology Hromadske.ua – Media Industrial Union of Donbas – Industrials InvestUkraine – Industrials Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works - Industrials Kyivstar – Telecommunications Kuznya na Rybalskomu – Shipbuilding, arms industry Lifecell – Telecommunications METRO Cash&Carry – Consumer services MHP – Consumer goods Motor Sich – Industrials Nemiroff – Consumer goods Naftogaz – Oil & Gas Nibulon – Agriculture & Shipbuilding Obolon – Consumer goods Oschadbank – banking PrivatBank – banking Roshen – Consumer goods SCM Holdings – Financials SoftServe – IT Ukraine International Airlines – Consumer services Ukrainian Automobile Corporation – Consumer goods Ukrainian Railways – Consumer services, Industrials Ukrnafta – Oil & Gas Ukroboronprom Ukrtelecom – Telecommunications Vodafone Ukraine – Telecommunications WOG – Oil & Gas, Consumer services Pivdenmash – Industrials Zaporizhstal – Basic materials ZAZ – Consumer goods Facts and figures Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.4% (2006) highest 10%: 25.7% (2006) Poverty rate: 4% in 2018 (below US$5.5/day). Industrial production growth rate: 6% (2007 est.), 6.5 (2008) Electricity: production: 192.1 billion kWh (2006) consumption: 181.9 billion kWh (2006) export: 10.07 billion kWh (2005) import: 20 billion kWh (2006) Electricity – production by source: fossil fuel: 48.6% hydro: 7.9% nuclear: