UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 25, 2017. Last year, Sverdlovsk Region-based businesses’ turnover rose by 2.7% on average compared with the year 2015, Sverdlovskstat reports.

Hotels’ turnover rose by 8.3%, that of agricultural businesses by 7.4%, that of companies in the processing industries by 4.6%, and that of housing services and utilities providers by 4%.

At the same time, retail and whole-trade sellers’ turnover dropped by 0.3% and that of construction companies by 2.7%.