Business news from Ukraine

SURPLUS OF UKRAINE’S FOREIGN TRADE IN SERVICES INCREASES TO $2.826 BLN IN H1, 2018

The surplus of Ukraine’s foreign trade in services in the first half of 2018 increased by 6% compared to the same period in 2017, to $2.826 billion (in the first half of 2017 some $2.658 billion), the State Statistics Service has said. According to its data, exports of services in January-June of 2018 increased by 5.7%, to $5.378 billion, imports by 4.9%, to $2.552 billion.
The ratio of coverage of imports by exports was 2.11 (for the six months of 2017 some 2.09).
Foreign trade operations were carried out with partners from 216 countries

UKRAINE’S FOREIGN TRADE (EXPORT OF GOODS) IN JAN-MAY, 2018

Foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 210 countries. The ratio of coverage of imports by exports in Ukraine was 0.9.
The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-May 2018 increased by 1.4 times compared with January-May 2017 and amounted to $2.055 billion, the State Statistics Service has said.
Russia is still on the first place among main export markets for Ukrainian goods (7,8% of all trade volume), 4 years ago a share of Russia was more than a quarter of all Ukrainian export..
The second goes Poland (7,0%), the third one is Turkey (6,2%).
Also in top-ten export destinations are Italy, India, China, Germany, Egypt, Hungary, the Netherlands. The USA is the 13-th export market of Ukraine, the UK and France are not presented even in top-20 of the main markets for Ukrainian goods.

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DEFICIT OF UKRAINE’S FOREIGN TRADE GROWS 1.5-FOLD IN JAN-APRIL

The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade with goods in January-April 2018 grew 1.5-fold year-over-year, reaching $1.423 billion ($968.6 million in January-April 2017), the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday. In April, the deficit was $221.6 million, while in March – $460 million, in February – $457 million and in January – $284.1 million.
In January-April 2018, exports of goods grew by 12.8% year-over-year, to $15.457 billion, and imports – by 15.1%, to $16.88 billion.
In April 2018 compared with the previous month seasonally adjusted volumes of exports fell by 3.6% and imports – by 1%. The seasonally adjusted deficit of foreign trade in April 2018 was $577.7 million, in March it was $473.9 million, in February 2018 – $352.9 million and in January – $519.9 million.
As a result, the coefficient of coverage of imports by exports was 0.92 (in January-April 2017 some 0.93).
The service said foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 210 countries.

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FOREIGN TRADE OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH 209 COUNTRIES, DEFICIT OF UKRAINE’S FOREIGN TRADE WITH GOODS GROWS 1.5-FOLD IN Q1

The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade with goods in January-March 2018 grew 1.5-fold year-over-year, reaching $1.201 billion ($794.1 million in Q1 2017), the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday. In March, the deficit was $460 million, while in February – $457 million and in January – $284.1 million.
In January-March 2018, exports of goods grew by 10.3% year-over-year, to $11.435 billion, and imports – by 13.2%, to $12.636 billion.
In March 2018 compared with the previous month seasonally adjusted volumes of exports grew by 2.5% and imports – by 2%. The seasonally adjusted deficit of foreign trade in March 2018 was $338.7 million, in February 2018 – the deficit was $352.9 million and in January – $519.9 million.
As a result, the coefficient of coverage of imports by exports was 0.90 (in January-March 2017 some 0.93).
The service said foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 209 countries.

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