REUTERS
The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in commodities was estimated at US$887.9 million in January-April 2017, which was by 4.5% down from a $929.6 million deficit year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service's website.
Goods exports from Ukraine over the period under review grew by 26.8%, while goods imports rose by 24.3%, the service said in a statement.
The ratio of coverage of imports by exports was 0.94 in January-April 2017 against 0.92 y-o-y.
Ukraine traded with partners from 211 countries over the period under review.
Goods exports to the EU countries grew by 21.4%, to $5.237 billion, according to the statistical data released.
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Exports of commodities to Russia increased by 38.5%, to $1.276 billion, or 9.3% of total exports, while goods imports from the Russian Federation grew by 45.8%, to $1.955 billion, or 13.4% of total imports.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the deficit of foreign trade in goods in Ukraine in 2016 was $2.886 billion against a $610.7 million surplus in 2015.