UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 18, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region-based building businesses’ turnover amounted to 42.88bn RUR in January-June 2017, which was 20.9% less than one year perviously, Sverdlovskstat reports.

The turnover of companies involved in production of ready metal goods declined by 10.2% in the first half of the year; that of companies in the beverage industry declined by 10.6%, that of companies in the printed goods sector declined by 7.3%, that of pharmaceutical companies declined by 5.8%, that of companies producing steam and hot water declined by 1.9%, and that of companies in the textile industry declined by 1.7%.