Ukraine budget receipts almost US$430 mln below target since year-start

Compared with the same period in 2017, state budget revenues in January-July increased by 14.7%.

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The state budget of Ukraine in January-July 2018 received UAH 513.468 billion in revenues, which is UAH 15.791 billion ($429 million), or 3%, below target for the said period.

The State Treasury Service of Ukraine reports that compared with the same period in 2017, the state budget revenues over the 7 months of 2018 increased by UAH 65.770 billion ($1.75 billion), or by 14.7%.

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UNIAN memo. The state budget of Ukraine for 2018 set a revenue target at UAH 917.9 billion ($34.9 billion) and expenditures – at UAH 991.7 billion ($37.7 billion), with the deficit ceiling set at UAH 80.6 billion ($3.07 billion), or 2.4% of GDP.

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