REUTERS
Imports of goods and services to Ukraine increased by 13.5%, while exports grew by 11.1%.
The foreign trade balance of Ukraine in January-June 2018 was reduced to a deficit of $653.1 million, which is 13 times higher than the deficit for the same period last year at $48.7 million, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Imports of goods and services to Ukraine grew by 13.5% to $28.469 billion and exports - by 11.1%, to $27.816 billion.
According to the data released, the balance of trade in goods was reduced to a deficit of $2.658 billion, while the balance of trade in services - with a surplus of $2.826 billion.
The agency recalled that the data were provided without taking into account the occupied Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as the occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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In late July, the National Bank of Ukraine announced its estimates, according to which the balance of foreign trade in goods and services of Ukraine in January-June 2018 was reduced to a deficit of $3.806 billion, which is 23.7% higher than the deficit for the same period in 2017 at $3.078 billion.
UNIAN memo. According to the State Statistics Service, Ukraine's foreign trade balance for 2017 was reduced to a deficit of $2.625 billion, compared to the previous year's surplus of $541.6 million.
The National Bank estimated the deficit of foreign trade in goods and services of Ukraine in 2017 at $6.848 billion, which is 25.2% more than the deficit for 2016.