Ukraine's budget revenue below target by 1.8% in Jan-April

Ukraine's national budget in January-April 2018 received UAH 272.448 billion (US$10.4 billion) in revenue, which was UAH 5.091 billion ($194.6 million), or 1.8%, below the target.

Revenue of the state budget over the period under review grew by UAH 12.662 billion ($484 million), or 4.9%, year-over-year (y-o-y), according to Ukraine's Treasury Service.

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UNIAN memo. The national budget of Ukraine for 2018 sets a goal of UAH 917.9 billion ($35.1 billion) in revenue and UAH 991.7 billion ($37.9 billion) in expenditures. The budget deficit is capped at UAH 80.6 billion ($3 billion), or 2.4% of GDP.