Deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods grows by 45.2% in Jan-April

12:11, 18.06.2019 1 min read

The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods in January-April 2019 grew by 45.2% compared with January-April 2018, to $2.093 billion, the State Statistics Service said last week.

Exports of goods increased by 6% compared with January-April 2018, to $16.364 billion, while imports rose by 9.3%, to $18.457 billion.

The seasonally adjusted exports grew by 0.6% in April 2019 compared with March 2019, to $4.116 billion, while imports grew by 0.64%, to $5.036 billion.

The seasonally adjusted deficit in April was $924 million, which is 0.86%% worse than the figure of the previous month ($916.1 million).

The State Statistics Service said that foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 208 countries.

Exports coverage by import was 0.89 (0.91 in January-April 2018).