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HALF OF GOODS IN MONEY TERMS EXPORTED FROM UKRAINE BY SHIPS IN 2015 – STATISTICS

29 February , 2016  

KYIV. Feb 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The volume of transportation of goods from Ukraine abroad (not taking into account temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Sevastopol and a part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone) fell by 29.3% in 2015 in money terms, to $38.135 billion, the State Statistics Service has reported.

The authority said that transportation of goods for imports in money terms last year decreased by 31%, to $37.502 billion.

Exports of goods in 2015 in types of their transportation were distributed in the following way: 51% of exported goods were sent by ships, 24.3% – by trucks and 14% by rail.

The trucks’ share in transportation of imported goods to Ukraine was 41.7%, that for railway cars – 18.9% and pipelines – 12%.