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The principles of the sustainable development, in particular those are derived from the ecological area, more and more and increasing extent determine the organizational and functional aspects of the supply chain. The contemporary supply chains must be not only resilient, agile and smart. They must be ecological and social responsible. The condition for the functioning of the supply chain is the logistics macroinfrastructure. Development and growth of the macroinfrastructure must reflect the needs of modern supply chains. Assigning an eco-friendly attributes to the supply chains should be required, to development and growth of the macrologistics infrastructure. It also should be consistent with generally accepted of the ecological imperatives and constructed with the respect for the environment. The aims of this article is to find the ecological determinants of the growth and development of the macrologistics infrastructure and an indication of their impact on the structure of the sustainable supply chains. The article has an epistemological character.

Keywords: macrologistics infrastructure, sustainable development, sustainable supply chains

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