The deficit of foreign trade in Ukraine has increased by 1.3 times

Submitted by bashun on Fri, 05/04/2018 - 15:19

The balance of foreign trade of goods and services of Ukraine in January-March 2018 was reduced to a deficit of $1.691 billion, which is 25.4% higher than the deficit of January-March 2017 at $1.3 billion, the press service of the National bank of Ukraine reported according to agropolit.com.

In particular, the deficit of foreign trade of goods increased 1.3 times to $1.936 billion, the surplus of foreign trade in services increased 2.3 times to $ 245 million.

According to estimates of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, Ukraine's foreign trade balance was reduced to $2.625 billion by the end of 2017 against $ 541.6 million in the previous year.

The National Bank of Ukraine has published its figures, according to which the balance of foreign trade of goods and services of Ukraine in 2017 was reduced to a deficit of $ 6.848 billion, which is 25.2% more than the deficit for 2016.

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