KYIV. Aug 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The surplus of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in June 2015 demonstrated a positive trend for a fifth month in a row and amounted to $388.6 million against $296.1 million in May 2015 and $229.3 million in April 2015, the State Statistics Service reported on Wednesday.
The surplus of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in June 2015 from June 2014 soared by 6.4 times.
Goods exports in June 2015 declined by 29.3%, to $3.13 billion, while imports fell by 37.2%, to $2.74 billion.
Exports in June 2015 from May 2017 grew by 7.7%, while imports rose by 5%.
In the first half of 2015, goods exports declined by 35% year-over-year, to $18.53 billion, while imports fell by 38.5%, to $17.28 billion, while the surplus more than tripled to $1.25 billion.
