Ukraine sees 20.9% rise in exports in 10 months

Goods exports from Ukraine in January-October 2017 grew by 20.9%, year-over-year, to $35.2 billion, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

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Farm produce and foods accounted for the largest share of the exports, 41.3%, or $14.5 billion.

Metalware accounted for 23%, or $8.1billion, engineering products for 11.4%, or $4 billion, minerals for 9.4%, or $3.3 billion.

Read alsoUkraine's revenue from agriexports exceeds $16 bln in 11 monthsThe European Union remained Ukraine's key trade partner, it accounted for 40.2% of exports, while the share of Russia was 9.3%.

Goods exports to the EU in the ten months grew by 30.3%, or $3.3 billion, to $14.2 billion.

Along with the EU and Russia, Ukraine's top ten export destinations are Turkey with 5.7% of total exports, India with 5.2%, China with 4.6%, Egypt with 4.3%, Belarus with 2.6%, the United States with 1.9%, Moldova with 1.6%, and Iran with 1.4%.

As UNIAN reported earlier, exports of goods and services in January-September 2017 grew by 18.5%, or over $6 billion year-over-year, to $38.1 billion.

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