Ukraine’s trade turnover in January was $8.5 billion, up by 7% YoY, the State Customs Service reported.
“In January, Ukraine imported goods worth $5.1 billion and exported $3.4 billion. At the same time, taxed imports amounted to $4.5 billion, which was 90% of the total volume of imported goods,” the statement said.
Most of the goods were imported to Ukraine from China – $1.1 billion, Poland – $568 million and Germany – $388 million.
Ukraine exported the most to Poland – $334 million, Spain – $322 million and China – $305 million.
In January, Ukraine exported the most of machinery, equipment and transport – $1.9 billion, chemical products – $868 million and food products – $659 million.
The top three most exported goods from Ukraine were food products ($2.2 billion), metals and metal products ($362 million) and mineral products ($312 million).
During the customs clearance of exports of goods subject to export duties, the budget paid UAH 23.7 million. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)