The surplus of the current account of balance of payments in June amounted to USD 218 million (in June 2021, the deficit was USD 110 million).
This is evidenced by the NBU data, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
The surplus was formed through an increase in secondary income (through receiving grants from international partners and humanitarian assistance) and the formation of a primary income surplus due to a reduction in investment income payments.
At the same time, the negative balance of trade in goods and services has significantly expanded, including at the expense of significant expenses of citizens of Ukraine who are abroad.
In January-June 2022, the current account surplus amounted to USD 3.7 billion (in January-June 2021, the deficit amounted to USD 167 million).
Excluding reinvested revenues, the surplus amounted to USD 4.4 billion (for the six months of 2021 - USD 3.4 billion).
Exports of goods in June decreased by 39.8% (in May - by 48.4%), their imports decreased by 8.6% (in May - by 24.6%).
Compared to the previous month, exports of goods increased by 10.8%, while their imports increased by 28.0%.
Exports of goods amounted to USD 2.9 billion.
Exports of ferrous and non-ferrous metals decreased the most - by 64.2% (compared with May 2022, increased by 24.5%).
The volume of imports of goods amounted to USD 4.8 billion.
Energy imports increased by 35.4% (over May fell 1.6 times).
Non-energy imports fell by 16.9% (over May increased by 20.7%).
The deficit of the consolidated balance of payments amounted to USD 2.1 billion (in June 2021 the surplus made USD 753 million).
The planned repayment of debt to the International Monetary Fund was USD 166 million.
As of July 1, 2022, the volume of international reserves amounted to USD 22.8 billion, which provides financing for imports of the current period for 3.3 months.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in 2021, the deficit of the current account of balance of payments made USD 2.1 billion (1.1% of the GDP) over the surplus of USD 5.3 billion (3.4% of the GDP) in 2020.
The surplus of the current account of balance of payments in 2020 made USD 6.6 billion (4.1% of the gross domestic product) over the deficit of USD 4.1 billion (2.7% of the GDP) year over year.
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