Banks reduced cash currency imports by 30% to USD 735.582 million in April.
This is according to data from the National Bank, as reported by the Ukrainian News agency.
Specifically, banks imported USD 411.2 million in cash, which is 22% less than in March.
Cash euros were imported in the equivalent of USD 318.642 million, which is 40% less than a month earlier.
Gold imports amounted to USD 3.337 million in equivalent value.
As a reminder, the National Bank is considering changing the base currency for its exchange rate policy from the US dollar to the euro.
This scenario is still hypothetical, but it is driven by a number of geopolitical and economic factors.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Ukrainians purchased 19.19 kg of gold in April (equivalent to USD 2.9 million), which is 33% less than in March.
It is noted that in April, the population purchased 617 troy ounces of gold (equivalent to USD 2.909 million).
The public also purchased 1,609 troy ounces of silver (equivalent to USD 121,000).
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