The Regional Aspects of the Development of Wholesale Trade in Ukraine

Abstract

The article is aimed at studying the regional aspects and tendencies in the development of wholesale trade enterprises in the western regions of Ukraine. The regional aspects of the main indicators for the development of wholesale trade enterprises in the western part of Ukraine are highlighted. The dynamics of indicators of the wholesale turnover of the western regions of Ukraine were analyzed by product groups, the population’s provision with the warehousing area, the average size of the storage area by one warehouse, the location density of warehouses. Prospect for further research in this direction is the development of a strategy for a rational wholesale trade organization, which should facilitate to reducing the regional asymmetries in the levels of the territorial organization of wholesale trade enterprises.

Keywords

• wholesale trade enterprises
• location density
• wholesale turnover