Economic Activities: One fourth of Ukraine's workforce is employed in agriculture. Major crops that Ukraine grows are corn, rye, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, and flax. Ukraine's industry also produces machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, building materials, fertilizers, and consumer goods. Food processing is also a big industry in Ukraine.
Economic System: Ukraine's economy is a free market. Which means that the businesses are allowed to set the prices between the seller and consumer without Ukraine's government intervening.
Exports: Ukraine's major exports include chemicals, food products, fuels, iron, steel, and machinery.
Money: Ukraine's currency are called Hryvnia (UAH). Hryvnia are put in different amounts. It goes from 1- 500 Hryvnias. One Hryvnia in Ukraine is about 0.063 U.S dollars. One U.S dollar in the United States is about 15.82 Hryvnia.
Exchange Rate to the U.S dollar: A place in Ukraine called Carpaccio Cafe has pizza that costs $7 to $27. While Domino's Pizza sells their pizza for $6 to $16. A hotel in Ukraine costs about $150 to $500 per night. A hotel in the United States costs about $80 to $200.