Ukraine's foreign trade goods deficit estimated at $1.95 bln in H1

REUTERS

In particular, the export of goods in the first half of 2016 totaled $15.241 billion, down 11.9% year-on-year, while imports declined by 9.9% to $17.194 billion, the NBU stated.

The NBU said the data does not include reports from the temporarily-occupied areas in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

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