(MENAFN - UkrinForm) In 2020, the negative balance of foreign trade in goods and services decreased by 14.4 times compared to 2019: from $3.69 billion up to $255.5 million, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture.
Exports of goods from Ukraine decreased by 1.7% last year and amounted to $49.2 billion. Due to much more significant reduction in imports, the negative balance in trade fell from $10.7 billion up to $4.8 billion. Exports of services last year decreased by 28.5% up to $11.167 billion, the balance of trade in services was positive and amounted to $5,957.9 billion dollars.
Taking into account the State Statistics Committee's methodology on the subtraction of the cost of services for processing goods for sale abroad, in the joint statistics on goods and services, the total balance amounted to $255.5 million. It is noted that the largest decline in exports occurred in March-May 2020, after which exports stabilized, and there has been a steady increase since August.