Monday 15 July 2013

Ukraine posts May trade surplus on lower imports - Xinhua | English.news.cn

"Ukraine recorded a trade surplus of 179.8 million U.S. dollars in May 2013, compared to a deficit of 1.327 billion dollars a year earlier, the State Statistic Service said Monday.

Imports in May plunged by 33.5 percent from a year earlier to 5.04 billion dollars, while exports amounted to 5.22 billion dollars, down 16.5 percent from the same month of 2012, the statistics agency said in a statement.

From January to May, Ukraine's trade deficit was almost halved to 2.433 billion dollars largely due to a 27-percent drop in natural gas imports, the statement said.

Last year, Ukraine has its worst trade performance in a decade, when trade deficit topped 9.027 billion dollars, rising 35.6 percent year-on-year."

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