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5.2.1 ​Import/export dynamics
External 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 balance
2015 2016
2017 2018 E F
Exports (US$bn) 61.4 82.5 52.1 65.6 83.7 86.5 81.7 65.4 47.6 44.9 60.2 60.8
Imports (US$bn) 69.5 96.8 54 69.6 93.8 100.9 97.4 70 49 50.3 54.6 57.2
Trade balance -8.1 -14.4 -2 -4 -10.1 -14.3 -15.6 -4.6 -1.5 -2.9 -5.3 -6.4 (US$bn)
Trade balance -5.7 -7.8 -1.7 -2.9 -6.2 -8.2 -8.7 -3.5 -1.6 -5.8 -4.4 -5.9 (% of GDP)
Source: ICU
Ukraine, the world’s top exporter of sunflower oil, increased its seaborne exports of the commodity by around 72.2% so far in the 2019-20 season​, preliminary data from the APK-Inform consultancy showed on Monday. Seaport exports of sunflower oil totalled 2.878mn tonnes so far in the 2019-20 season, which runs from August to September, up from 1.671mn tonnes in the same period in 2018-19 season, according to the consultancy. The consultancy said exports decreased to 69,000 tonnes in the week of March 14-20, from 132,000 tonnes a week earlier. Ukraine exported 6.063mn tonnes of sunflower oil in the previous crop season in 2018-19, according to the Ukrainian sunoil producers’ association.
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