The FINANCIAL -- During January-August of 2011, commodity exports from Ukraine totaled
43.9 bln USD, imports – 52 bln USD, which formed the growth of export
indices by 39.4%, and imports – up 44.6% compared to the same period of
2010, respectively, according to data of the State Statistics Committee
of Ukraine .
The share of grain products in the general volumes of commodity exports decreased from the level of 4.5% to 4.2% compared to the reporting period of 2010. At the same time, the share of fats and oils of both animal and vegetable origin grew from the level of 5% to 5.2%.
Ukraine provided foreign trading contracts with partners from 217 countries of the world.
In particular, the highest volumes of export supplies from Ukraine were provided to the Russian Federation – 29.2% from the general export volumes of commodities, Turkey – 5.9%, Italy – 5%, Poland – 4.3%, China and India – 2.9% each, Belarus – 2.8%.
Ukraine received most import supplies from the Russian Federation – 36.7%, Germany – 8%, China – 7.6%, Belarus – 4.7%, Poland – 3.9%, the USA – 3.2%, Italy – 2.3%.
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