REUTERS
The country bought mainly mineral fuels, crude oil, chemical products, electric equipment abroad.
Ukraine's export staples in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1) were grain, ferrous metals, and ores.
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In particular, Ukraine's grain exports totaled US$2.6 billion (7.5% up year-over-year, y-o-y); ferrous metal shipments abroad amounted to US$2 billion (14.7% down y-o-y); those of ore, slag and ash to US$930.3 million (16.4% up y-o-y), according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
The country bought mainly mineral fuels, crude and oil products (US$2.2 billion), chemical products (US$2 billion), and electric machines (US$1.3 billion) from foreign partners.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods shrank by 33.4% in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1) year-over-year, to US$1.059 billion. Exports of goods from Ukraine over this period decreased by 0.2%, to US$12.251 billion, while imports fell by 3.4%, to US$13.310 billion.