Businesses transfer from Ukraine over $1 bln in dividends since year-start

The volume of dividends businesses have withdrawn from Ukraine to foreign investors in 2017 amounted to US $1.1 billion, Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Oleh Churii told reporters Thursday.

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"As of today, $1,700 billion was repatriated, which is in line with our forecasts," said Churii.

According to the NBU official, the central bank has retained at $1.4 billion its forecast for dividend payments by the end of the year.

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