REUTERS
Ukraine's foreign trade deficit in goods from January to June 2016 was estimated at US$1.953 billion, up 23.5% from the $1.581 billion deficit recorded during the same period in 2015, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
In particular, the export of goods in the first half of 2016 totaled $15.241 billion, down 11.9% year-on-year, while imports declined by 9.9% to $17.194 billion, the NBU stated.
The NBU said the data does not include reports from the temporarily-occupied areas in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
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