Ukrainian central bank's net international reserves shrink to US$6.34 bln in March

The net international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in March 2018 shrank by 1.8%, to US$6.343 billion.

Read alsoUkraine's foreign reserves shrink by 1.2%, to almost US$18.2 bln in March 2018 – central bankThe net international reserves have decreased by 4.9% since the beginning of the year, according to the NBU website.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the NBU's net international reserves in February 2018 grew by 4.2%, to US$6.421 billion. However, they shrunk by 3.8% in January-February 2018.

UNIAN memo. The NBU's net international reserves in 2017 expanded by 58.5%, to US$6.696 billion.

Ukraine's total international reserves stood at $18.191 billion as of April 1, 2018, which was 3.3% down against the figure recorded at the beginning of the year.

Building up net international reserves is one of Ukraine's obligations under the cooperation program with the International Monetary Fund.