KYIV, July 15 – The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods in January-May 2019 increased by 27.4% compared with January-May 2018, to $2.63 billion, the State Statistics Service has reported.

According to its data, export of goods from Ukraine for the specified period grew by 7.4%, to $20.895 billion, while imports by 9.3%, to $23.529 billion.

The service said that in May 2019 the seasonally adjusted export volume increased by 5.4% compared to April 2019, to $4.368 billion, while imports by 4.3%, to $5.257 billion.