In Q1 2019, China became Ukraine's largest trading partner, replacing Russia. In Q3 of 2019, real GDP grew by 4.2%. The main driving factors include: increased purchasing power of the population in conditions of increase of the level of wages (during nine months of 2019 real wages increased by 9.5%); high level of business activity and preservation of investment activity, which stimulated mainly the development of construction, in particular, of industrial and transport infrastructure facilities; active consumer lending; maintaining the high dynamics of agricultural development; favourable price situation on selected world commodity markets for domestic exports and others. Ukraine made its largest payment on debt in 2019 at $1.1 billion.
In Q1 2019, China became Ukraine's largest trading partner, replacing Russia. In Q3 of 2019, real GDP grew by 4.2%. The main driving factors include: increased purchasing power of the population in conditions of increase of the level of wages (during nine months of 2019 real wages increased by 9.5%); high level of business activity and preservation of investment activity, which stimulated mainly the development of construction, in particular, ?of industrial and transport infrastructure facilities; active consumer lending; maintaining the high, dynamics of agricultural development; favourable price situation on selected world commodity markets for domestic exports and others. Ukraine made its larg:est payment on debt in 2019 at $1.1 .billion.