Exports of goods from Ukraine in January 2019 from January 2018 grew by 9.2 percent, to $4.066 billion, while imports increased by a mere 0.7 percent, to $4.045 billion, the State Statistics Service has reported.
According to its data, as a result, the surplus of foreign trade in goods in January of this year amounted to $20.9 million against the deficit of $294.1 million in January 2018.
The State Statistics Service said that in January 2019 compared to December 2018 the seasonally adjusted export volume rose by 6.9 percent, to $4.373 billion, while imports by 3.8 percent, to $4.839 billion.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in January 2019 was negative and amounted to $465.9 million, which is better than in December 2018 ($571.5 million).
The service said that foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 193 countries of the world.
