Impacts of trade on sustainable development of Ukraine's economy

Abstract

In the article, the impacts of trade on the sustainable development of Ukraine'seconomy are studied by using methods of cluster analysis. For this purpose, the homogeneous groups of activities by the number of business entities, persons employed of business entities, employees of business entities, turnover of business entities, and production value of business entities are defined. It is obtained that the cluster, including industry, wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, and motorcycles, is characterized by the highest level of performance. This is consistent with the preliminary results of the author, obtained by calculating the indices of the level of district specialization of industries by region of Ukraine.