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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
The EU may expand its Ukraine import quotas for beef, pork and poultry,
Ukraine’s Agrarian Confederation reports, drawing on comments to the Rada Agricultural Committee by Christian Ben Hell, head of Agriculture section of the EU Delegation to Ukraine. Noting that Ukraine’s food exports to Ukraine have increased by one third since 2017, he reportedly said: “We are doing everything possible to enable Ukrainian products to enter the EU markets. In particular, we plan to expand the quotas for the supply of beef, pork, poultry products.”
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