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5.0 External Sector & Trade
Balance of payments
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018F
Current account balance, USD bln
-12.8
-1.7
-3
-10.2
-14.3
-16.5
-5.3
-1
-3.5
-2.1
-2.8
% GDP
-7.10%
-1.50%
-2.20%
-6.30%
-8.10%
-9.00%
-4.00%
-1.10%
-3.70%
-1.90%
-2.10%
Financial account balance, USD bln
9.7
-12
8
7.8
10.1
18.5
-8
0.8
4.7
4.7
2
% GDP
5.40%
-10.20%
5.90%
4.80%
5.80%
10.10%
-6.10%
0.90%
5.00%
4.20%
1.50%
FDI net, USD bln
9.9
4.7
5.8
7
6.6
3.4
0.3
2.5
3.3
1.2
2
% of GDP
5.50%
4.00%
4.20%
4.30%
3.80%
1.80%
0.20%
2.80%
3.50%
1.10%
1.50%
Gross NBU reserves (eop), USD bln
31.5
26.5
34.6
31.8
24.5
20.4
7.5
13.3
15.5
18.8
19
Source: SP Advisors
5.1 External sector overview
Ukraine’s goods trade deficit amounted to $1,468bn in September, surging 75.0% m/m from $839mn in August , the State Statistics Service stated in its preliminary report on November 14.
Ukraine registered a $3.5bn trade deficit in goods and services through September , about three times larger than the deficit for the same nine months last year, reports the State Statistics Service. So far, exports of goods and services grew by 9% to $42bn. Imports of goods and services grew by 15% to $45bn.
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