The volume of retail trade in 2016 compared to 2015 in Ukraine increased by 4 percent - to UAH one trillion 159 billion. According to state statistics, the largest increase in retail trade is recorded in Lviv, Kyiv, Odesa. At the same time a decline in retail trade occurred in Donetsk and Chernivtsi regions. The data exclude temporarily occupied areas of Donbas and Crimea.