KYIV, Feb 19 – Ukraine’s consumer confidence index dropped to 65.7 in December 2020 from 97.5 in December 2019 due to COVID-19 pandemic, Ihor Zabolotsky, the head of retail projects at Colliers International (Ukraine) said.

"For the Ukrainian retail market, the consumer confidence index is one of the key indicators of market assessment. After reaching a 12-year high in September 2019 [some 97.5 points] with the spread of the pandemic, the indicator as of December 2020 was 65.7 points," Zablotsky said.