{"id":789576,"date":"2025-07-10T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:45:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:07:13","slug":"8-z-10-inozemnyh-investoriv-tsikavlyatsya-mozhlyvostyamy-vidnovlennya-ukrayiny-opytuvannya-yeba-ta-gb4u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/8-z-10-inozemnyh-investoriv-tsikavlyatsya-mozhlyvostyamy-vidnovlennya-ukrayiny-opytuvannya-yeba-ta-gb4u\/","title":{"rendered":"8 out of 10 foreign investors are interested in Ukraine\u2019s recovery opportunities \u2013 EBA and GB4U survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-657905 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-1024x587.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-1536x880.png 1536w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-650x372.png 650w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-800x458.png 800w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3-100x57.png 100w, https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_infographics-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A total of 79% of surveyed foreign investors express interest in Ukraine\u2019s recovery opportunities. Meanwhile, 13% remain undecided, and only 8% are not interested.<\/p>\n<p>These are the findings of the <strong>Foreign Investor Sentiment <\/strong><strong>s<\/strong><strong>urvey<\/strong>, conducted among the members of the Global Business for Ukraine and the European Business Association, specifically targeting foreign businesses, which previously expressed their interest in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foreign-Investor-Sentiment_presentation-1.pdf\">View the presentation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Key factors that would influence investor decisions to engage in Ukraine\u2019s recovery include: first-mover advantage, return on investment (ROI), investment guarantees, social impact, a stable legal framework, geopolitical stability and security assurances, risk-sharing mechanisms, governance maturity, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Of the businesses surveyed, 49% are already investing in Ukraine, while an additional 40% are considering it \u2013 23% plan to invest after the war ends, and 17% are ready to invest even before the end of hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>The most attractive sectors for investment, according to respondents, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Services \u2013 30%<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure, transportation, and logistics \u2013 25%<\/li>\n<li>Construction and restoration \u2013 19%<\/li>\n<li>Energy and renewables \u2013 17%<\/li>\n<li>Agriculture, production, and processing \u2013 17%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When asked about the motivations behind their interest in Ukraine, investors cited post-war recovery and rebuilding opportunities, long-term growth potential, rich resources, profitability, a high level of technological adoption, resilience, the possibility to combine commercial returns with social impact, large internal market and export capacity, geographic proximity to key markets, low labour costs, and technical compliance.<\/p>\n<p>The top five factors foreign investors consider when making investment decisions are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Access to a skilled workforce<\/li>\n<li>Ease of investment return<\/li>\n<li>Logistics and supply chain<\/li>\n<li>Intellectual property protection<\/li>\n<li>Digital services<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>At the same time, the main barriers to investment include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Security situation \u2013 68%<\/li>\n<li>Corruption or lack of transparency \u2013 47%<\/li>\n<li>Political uncertainty and weak institutional capacity \u2013 47%<\/li>\n<li>Weak rule of law \u2013 34%<\/li>\n<li>Currency restrictions \u2013 25%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To reduce risks and facilitate investment, businesses highlight the importance of rule of law, risk insurance, trusted and efficient institutions, including state bodies, clear and stable regulations, strong anti-corruption efforts, easing or lifting of currency restrictions, sufficient labour availability, well-developed digital infrastructure, strong reforms linked to EU integration, access to international financial instruments and guarantees, and reliable local partners.<\/p>\n<p>As for investor-related support, the most helpful measures would include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simplified permitting procedures \u2013 47%<\/li>\n<li>Tax and customs incentives \u2013 42%<\/li>\n<li>Business networking opportunities \u2013 40%<\/li>\n<li>Assistance in identifying local partners \u2013 34%<\/li>\n<li>Legal and tax advisory services \u2013 30%<\/li>\n<li>Access to market and regulatory information \u2013 28%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among the most valued support tools are investment guarantees, war and political risk insurance, as well as tax benefits and investment incentives.<\/p>\n<p>For those investors willing to enter the market before the war ends, the most attractive sectors are construction and restoration, services, and infrastructure. Their key support needs include business networking and assistance in finding reliable local partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For reference <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Foreign Investor Sentiment Survey was conducted among the members of the Global Business for Ukraine and the European Business Association, specifically targeting foreign businesses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It was designed with the support of the EBA Ukraine Recovery Committee to better understand the opportunities and barriers foreign investors face when considering investing in Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A total of 53 respondents from 18 countries participated in the survey conducted from June 5 to July 1, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 79% of surveyed foreign investors express interest in Ukraine\u2019s recovery opportunities. Meanwhile, 13% remain undecided, and only 8% are not interested. These are the findings of the Foreign Investor Sentiment survey, conducted among the members of the Global Business for Ukraine and the European Business Association, specifically targeting foreign businesses, which previously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33544,"featured_media":657903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15564,15563,15574,15590],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lobbying-news-en","category-main-news-en","category-news-and-articles-from-association-en","category-research-and-analysis-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33544"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}