Spare parts for the automotive industry announced their intention to build new plants in Western Ukraine in the coming years.

They plan to create 9-10 thousand new jobs. This is stated in a public statement on Tuesday, March 22 statement, the Delegation of German Economy in Ukraine. Businessmen clarified that today's production facilities in the western region of Ukraine is already employs about 25 thousand people.

The Delegation also reported "a significant increase" the number of German companies in Ukraine - in March of 2013, before the start of the conflict in Donbas. Since the presence of the German economy grew by 5.1 percent in Ukraine, and the number of legal entities with German participation - six percent. According to statistics from the organization, exports from Germany to Ukraine in 2015 fell significantly - by 18.

4 percent compared to the year 2014, but in January this year for the first time in 32 months showed an increase - by 11.8 percent.

Ukrainian exports to Germany in January 2016 rose by 7.7 percent. In general, the volume of direct German investments in the Ukrainian economy at the end of last year amounted to about 5.4 billion US dollars. The delegation pointed out that it is - 12.5 per cent of total foreign direct investment in Ukraine in third place after Cyprus and the Netherlands.