Deficit of Ukraine's trade in goods in 10 months estimated at $4.573 bln

Meanwhile, goods imports grew by 27.4%, to UAH 39.756 billion.

Read alsoUkraine sees 14.6% rise in foreign trade deficit over 10 monthsThus, the deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods in the ten months more than doubled compared to the same period last year, to $4.573 billion, the statistics service said.

The share of exports to the European Union countries was 40.2%, while exports to the CIS accounted to 16.1%.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's foreign trade balance in 2016 posted a surplus of $337.3 million against $3.828 billion in surplus in 2015, the statistics service said.

At the same time, the National Bank of Ukraine reported that the balance of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods and services in 2016 was negative and its deficit was estimated at $5.581 billion.