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  • Ministry of Finance: During the martial law, entrepreneurs received 69,700 concessional loans worth UAH 273.1 billion under the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme
    Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, posted 20 January 2025 13:10

    Over the past week, entrepreneurs received 287 concessional loans totalling UAH 0.71 billion from authorised banks under the Government’s Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme, including 202 loans from public sector banks for over UAH 0.32 billion.

    Since the beginning of 2025, entrepreneurs have received 803 loans worth UAH 2.7 billion under the programme, including 520 loans worth UAH 1.2 billion from public sector banks.

    During the period of martial law in Ukraine, 69,691 loans worth UAH 273.1 billion have been issued (including 51,635 loans worth UAH 137 billion by public sector banks), of which as of 20 January this year:

    • UAH 32.71 billion – for investment purposes;
    • UAH 69.29 billion – for working capital financing;
    • UAH 41.02 billion – loans to agricultural producers;
    • UAH 31.27 billion – for the processing of agricultural products;
    • UAH 1.70 billion – to finance energy services;
    • UAH 57.47 billion – for anti-war purposes;
    • UAH 26.17 billion – for lending in the high risk combat zone.

    A total of 104,513 loan agreements worth UAH 362.7 billion have been signed since the start of the programme, including 72,111 agreements worth UAH 163.6 billion by public sector banks.

    The programme is implemented by the Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF), whose sole participant is the Government of Ukraine, represented by the Ministry of Finance, which coordinates all key aspects of the Fund’s activities.

    Under the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme, the EDF has entered into cooperation agreements with 46 banks. The state continues to make all necessary compensation payments to businesses under the loan agreements concluded under the programme.

    On 13 September last year, the Government supported the amendments proposed by the Ministry of Finance to improve the processes of providing financial state support to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, which is especially important in the context of a full-scale war. First of all, it concerns the development of the state programmes “Affordable Loans at 5-7-9%”, “Affordable Financial Leasing at 5-7-9%” and “Affordable Factoring”.