Positive balance of foreign trade in goods and services for the first 9 months amounted to $ 3.24 billion.
In January-September 2015 foreign trade surplus in goods and services totaled $ 3.24 billion, or $ 0.46 billion, or 12.4% less than the same period in 2014.
In January-September 2015 foreign trade surplus in goods and services totaled $ 3.24 billion, or $ 0.46 billion, or 12.4% less than the same period in 2014.
This was reported by the State Statistics Service.
Exports for the first 9 months of 2015 decreased by 30.8% – to $ 34.35 billion, imports – by 32.3%, to $ 31.10 billion.
Exports of goods in January-September 2015 decreased by 32.7% – to $ 28.11 billion, imports – by 33.6%, to $ 27.38 billion.
Exports of services in the first nine months of 2015 decreased by 21.1% – to $ 7.02 billion, while imports – by 20.8%, to $ 3.79 billion.
The export to the CIS countries decreased by 44.7% – to $ 8.4 billion, in other countries – only by 24.7%, to $ 25.95 billion, including the EU countries – 31.4%, to $ 10.92 billion.
At the same time the fall of imports from the CIS amounted to 44.9%, whereas in other countries, including EU countries – 26,3-27,4%.
As previously reported, in January-June 2015 foreign trade surplus in goods and services totaled $ 2.89 billion, an increase of $ 0.23 billion, or 8.6%, compared to the same period in 2014.
