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Ukraine recorded a trade surplus of 179.8 million U.S. dollars in May 2013, compared to a deficit of 1.327 billion dollars a year earlier, the State Statistic Service said Monday.

Imports in May plunged by 33.5 percent from a year earlier to 5.04 billion dollars, while exports amounted to 5.22 billion dollars, down 16.5 percent from the same month of 2012, the statistics agency said in a statement.

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