2025 2(49) 1

Structural Changes in the Processing Industry of Ukraine in the Conditions of War Economy

Antonyuk V. P.
Doctor of Economic Sciences, professor, chief research fellow
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2100-7343
e-mail: antonukvp@gmail.com
Institute of Industrial Economics of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv

Citation Format
Antonyuk, V. P. (2025). Structural Changes in the Processing Industry of Ukraine in the Conditions of War Economy. Vіsnyk ekonomіchnoі nauky Ukraіny, 2(49), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.37405/1729-7206.2025.2(49).3-14 

Language
 Ukrainian

Resume
The article presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of the state and dynamics of the processing industry of Ukraine for 2021-2024. The analysis by functional structure is carried out in the context of two sectors: production of products for economic activity; production of products for public consumption. Despite the difficult operating conditions and losses, positive trends have been identified in the industry: growth in 2023-2024. volumes of products sold (RP) in actual prices in most branches of the processing industry, the highest in mechanical engineering; growth of the share of industrial engineering from 5.2% to 10.7% in the total volume of industrial sales, where the highest growth rates were in the production of the military-industrial complex; growth in the share of the food industry, which demonstrated a rapid recovery of activities during the war and played a stabilizing role in the development of the economy and maintaining the well-being of the population; significant intensification of innovation activity of industrial enterprises in almost all industries. The problematic phenomena of the processing sector are systematized: stagnation of metallurgical, chemical and coke, plastics, as well as light industry; reduction of the volume of RP of mechanical engineering outside the country. Identifying positive trends and problematic sectors contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of the war on the transformation processes in Ukraine’s industry.

Keywords
war economy, processing industry, products sold, industrial structure, innovations.

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Prepared in accordance with the National Research Document (NRD) “Comprehensive Scientific Study on Updating Ukraine’s Industrial Policy” based on the principles of Industries 4.0 and 5.0, commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and executed by the Institute of Industrial Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Received: 25.11.2025
Accepted: 19.12.2025
Published: 29.12.2025