As reported, imports of goods and services in Ukraine, excluding tolling services, decreased by $14.853 billion, or 32.3%, to $31.105 billion. Exports of goods and services from Ukraine declined by $15.311 billion, or 30.8%, to $34.348 billion.
The data are presented excluding the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, as well as part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in eastern Ukraine.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the surplus of Ukraine's foreign trade balance amounted to $2.890 billion in the first half of 2015, higher by $227.9 million, or 8.6%, as compared to the surplus of $2.662 billion in the same period last year.
The surplus of foreign trade balance of Ukraine in 2014 stood at $3.884 billion against an $8.514 billion deficit recorded in 2013.
