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Including the deficit of foreign trade in goods increased by 34.3%.
The balance of foreign trade in goods and services of Ukraine in January-July 2018 was reduced to a deficit of US$5.503 billion, which is 33% more than the deficit for the same period last year at $4.139 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
The deficit of foreign trade in goods for the period increased by 34.3% to $6.004 billion, while the surplus of foreign trade in services grew 1.5 times to $501 million, reads the report published on the NBU website.
According to the central bank, a significant acceleration in imports growth in July was due to the purchase of machinebuilding, food, and industrial products, as well as energy imports.
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UNIAN memo. According to the State Statistics Service, Ukraine's foreign trade balance in 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.