Ukraine’s negative foreign trade balance in goods increased by 50% to $30.6 bln in first nine months of year
Ukraine’s negative foreign trade balance in goods in January-September 2025 increased…
Ukraine’s negative foreign trade balance in goods in January-September 2025 increased by 50% compared to the same period in 2024, to $30.619 billion from $20.403 billion, the State Statistics Service (Gosstat) reported on Friday.
According to its data, exports of goods from Ukraine during the specified period decreased by 4.1% compared to January-September last year, to $29.572 billion, while imports increased by 17.5%, to $60.191 billion.
The statistics agency specified that in September 2025, compared to August 2025, seasonally adjusted export volumes decreased by 1.0%, and imports decreased by 4.2%.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in September 2025 was negative and amounted to $3.612 billion, while in the previous month it was also negative at $3.874 billion.
The export-to-import coverage ratio was 0.49 (0.60 for the first nine months of 2024).
Foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 222 countries around the world.