Deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods, services 5% up in Jan-Sep

The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods and services in January-September 2019 was estimated at US$8.504 billion, which was 5% up from the deficit reported year-over-year (y-o-y).

The deficit of foreign trade in commodities over the period under review grew by 9%, to US$9.680 billion, while the surplus of foreign trade in services rose by 1.5 times to US$1.176 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

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As UNIAN reported earlier, citing the NBU, the deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods and services in 2018 totaled US$11.492 billion, which was 32.9% up from the deficit posted in 2017.

The State Statistics Service in turn estimated the deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods and services in 2018 at US$5.826 billion, which was 2.3 times up against the deficit recorded in 2017.