KYIV, Sept 24 - A huge surplus in Ukraine of decommissioned freight railroad cars and cars with an extended service life imported from the Russian Federation, which resulted in a multiple drop in production at Ukrainian carriage plants due to a lack of orders, may lead to a complete halt of this industry as early as next year, the leaders of carriage and logistics companies say.

"Today, there is a catastrophic situation with the domestic production of freight cars (their localization in Ukraine exceeds 95-97%), primarily due to the colossal surplus of decommissioned cars and cars imported from the Russian Federation, for which the service life is being extended.