KIEV, Oct. 15 – The surplus of Ukraine's balance of trade in goods in came to $308.1 million in August compared to $332 million in July, $61.1 million in June and $182.7 million in May, the State Statistics Service reported on Wednesday.

According to the service, in August 2014 exports fell by 16.9% year-over-year, to $4.258 billion, and imports plunged by 42%, to $3.95 billion, while in July the pace of exports and imports fall in July were smaller compared to the previous month – 5.9% an 33.8% respectively.