ROLE IT-SECTOR IN UKRAINE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article has focused on the research of IT-sector’s role in the development of foreign economic activities in the conditions of new geopolitical advances in Ukraine. The basic processes and trends of functioning of Ukrainian IT-market have been researched. It has been determined that IT-services sector (including IT-outsourcing) will continue to be the crucial factor of positive changes in the near future and will increase the volume of service provision for domestic needs and high-tech exports. The main problems of the IT-sector’s functioning have been identified and directions of their solution in the context of foreign economic activities have been proposed.