The Kyiv Post takes to the streets to ask people if they deliberately seek goods and products produced in Ukraine.
Yulia Krushynska
Bank worker
“I look for clothes made in Ukraine. I like the value you get for the money.”
Vasyl Prydatko–Dolin
Zoology scientist
“I’m used to Ukrainian products, especially food. Ukrainian food tastes natural. In this sense, Ukrainian garlic is better than the Chinese one. As for clothes, that’s relative. Although I know that Ukrainian clothes are good and I often see some websites selling them, still I have a foreign-made coat on.”
Serhiy Osetenko
IT developer
“I have never paid attention to that. That’s not a principle for me. If something is of good quality, I buy it. If not, I do not.”
Olena Hryshko
Head of Central Office at State Employment Service on maternity leave
“I choose made-in-Ukraine food, stationery, toys, colored paper, some artistic sets. I want the enterprises making Ukrainian goods rise, develop and profit. Sometimes, I buy clothes made in Ukraine. A foreign-made brand may be five times more expensive.”
Oleksiy Biliaiev
Actor
“I don’t look for stuff made in Ukraine. But if something of a Ukrainian producer is cheaper than the same of a foreign one, than I would buy what is cheaper. For instance, Kharkiv makes shoes of good quality.”
