KYIV, Nov 22 – One day of downtime due to a strike of Polish carriers at Ukrainian-Polish border crossing points (BCPs) costs an exporting company UAH 1 million, the European Business Association (EBA) reported based on the results of an express survey of 55 participating companies.

According to the study, the total estimated amount of damage caused to the surveyed companies since the beginning of the downtime reached at least UAH 305.88 million. At the same time, both importers and exporters suffer equally, because 49% of companies import products to Ukraine. At the same time, 25% of goods are sent to Poland, 15% to Germany, as well as to other Baltic countries, Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Asian and African countries.