DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH OF THE COX-CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF UKRAINE: CURRENT TRENDS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

Objective. The purpose of the article is to study the current trends in the development of the domestic coke chemical industry and to determine further prospects that will contribute to further transformational processes and the formation of effective economic policy in this area. Method. The choice of research methods is determined by the complex nature of the work. Among them: graphic, statistical analysis, comparison, detailing, analysis and synthesis, which in the complex will make it possible to assess the situation in the industry and to form ways of solving the identified problems in a timely manner. The results. As a result of the study of the current trends in the development of the domestic coke chemical industry (based on the analysis of the main indicators in the dynamics), it was established that the production of products has decreased significantly, and the situation in the industry is characterized as a crisis. A complex of factors that negatively affected the volume of industrial production is characterized. It was noted that some of them are related to the lack of raw materials, the obsolescence of the material and technical base, a decrease in demand from customers, a low level of innovation and investment activity, and a low level of product competitiveness. Attention was drawn to the fact that the company suffered significant losses due to damage or partial destruction due to the large-scale military invasion of Russia, disruption of logistics and destruction of energy infrastructure due to missile strikes and shelling of the territory of Ukraine by the aggressor country. The dependence of the functioning of enterprises on the situation on the world markets of coking coal and coke is indicated. The main influencing factors are characterized. It was noted that despite the acute problems faced by coke-chemical enterprises today, domestic production has a certain potential for development on a new technological basis. Emphasis is placed on the need for transformations in the industry. Prospective directions for the development of the industry have been formed, which will contribute to such processes and the formation of effective economic policy in this area. The information base of the study was the data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the GMK.- center, research by consulting companies regarding the development of the situation in the world markets of steel, coking coal and coke, regulatory and legal documents and documents of the state authorities of Ukraine, which made it possible to confirm the need for post-war development of the industry. Scientific novelty. On the basis of the conducted research and as a result of the isolated problems occurring in the coke-chemical industry, the directions of its development as a whole and coke-chemical enterprises as its components are proposed, which will allow to restore stable functioning and form an effective economic policy in this area in the conditions of post-war recovery. Practical significance. The results of the research on the development of the domestic coke industry have practical value. They make it possible to better understand the peculiarities of economic, technical and technological processes in this area, to understand the place of the country in the global coke markets, to determine the nature of existing problems, their depth and scale, which is useful in the implementation of transformational processes, the formation of effective state economic policy and industry development strategies/