The Ministry of Economy for the first time in 2026 updated the list of industrial machinery and equipment under the "Made in Ukraine" program: 146 new items from 13 manufacturers have been added to it. In total, the list now covers 1,354 positions from 50 Ukrainian companies.
What was added and from where
The largest contribution came from enterprises in regions not associated with industrial hubs. Cherkasy region added 117 positions through PRAT "Umansky Zavod Megommer" — a manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment. Kirovohrad region — 44 positions from the Aleksandria Lifting and Transport Equipment Plant. Another 38 positions — from the Kyiv-based "Ukrliftsevice", 34 — from the Zaporizhia PP "ELTIZ", 27 — from the Chernihiv "ALTEP.KOM".
The full range of equipment in the list includes wheeled, construction, utilities and special equipment, elevators, energy equipment, CNC machine tools, pump units, and components for unmanned systems.
How it works in practice
A buyer — a business or municipal enterprise — purchases equipment from the list, submits an application through an authorized bank and receives back 15% of the value without VAT. The state returns the money after the purchase, meaning the buyer first pays the full price.
"The first expansion of the list in 2026 is 146 new items all at once. For buyers, this means more positions that can be purchased with a 15% value compensation, and for manufacturers — additional demand for products".
Deputy Minister of Economy Vitaliy Kindratov
Money exists, but it's limited
For the industrial equipment compensation program in 2026, the state allocated 475 million hryvnias — this is a fixed limit. The "first come, first served" principle means: when funds run out, new applications will not be accepted until the next budget cycle. For comparison: a similar program for agricultural machinery received 1.8 billion hryvnias, almost four times more.
Context is added by the scale: in 2025, the program was expanded six times — this indicates a systematic, not one-time approach. However, there is still no mechanism for publicly tracking the remaining limit in real time: an enterprise only learns about the exhaustion of funds from the bank.
- Who can submit an application: businesses and municipal enterprises
- Submission channel: exclusively through authorized banks
- Compensation amount: 15% of value without VAT
- Program budget for 2026: 475 million hryvnias
The program stimulates demand for domestic equipment without direct subsidies to manufacturers — a logic also applied in the EU to support local industries. However, efficiency depends on one indicator, which has not yet been publicly disclosed: what portion of the limit has already been used since applications opened in February 2026.
If 475 million hryvnias are exhausted by the end of the first half of the year — the question of increasing the limit will become a test of whether the program is truly a priority for the government, or remains declarative support for industry during wartime.
