{"id":150087,"date":"2025-08-15T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=150087"},"modified":"2025-08-14T22:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:24:27","slug":"torgovyj-deficzyt-ukrayiny-perevyshhyv-185-mlrd","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/novosti\/torgovyj-deficzyt-ukrayiny-perevyshhyv-185-mlrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Trade Deficit Exceeds $18.5 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"254\">In the first six months of 2025, Ukraine exported goods worth $20.0 billion, down 4.2% compared to the same period last year. Imports amounted to $38.6 billion, according to the State Statistics Service.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"445\">\u201cIn the first half of 2025, goods exports totaled $20,044.9 million, or 95.8% compared to the first half of 2024, while imports reached $38,557.1 million, or 115.6%,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"642\">The negative trade balance for the half-year was $18.51 billion, compared to $12.43 billion in the first half of 2024. The export-to-import coverage ratio fell to 0.52 from 0.63 a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"729\">Foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 221 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"982\">During the half-year, Ukraine increased exports compared to last year in several categories: electric machinery by 12.9% (to $1.25 billion), ferrous metals by 5.0% (to $1.54 billion), and animal or vegetable fats and oils by 2.6% (to $3.16 billion).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1084\">Meanwhile, grain exports fell by 24.2% compared to the first half of 2024, totaling $3.99 billion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1407\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The main drivers of import growth compared to last year were: electric machinery supplies, up 70.7% (total $5.56 billion); mineral fuels, oil and petroleum products, up 21% ($5.14 billion); land vehicles other than railway, up 7.7% ($4.19 billion); and nuclear reactors, boilers, and machinery, up 7.3% ($3.35 billion).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":150088,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[31535,31534,31533],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-150087","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti","newstag-ukrainianeconomyukrainemacroukrainegdpeconomicrecoveryukrainefinancepostwarreconstruction","newstag-ekonomikaukrayinymakroekonomikavvpukrayinyvidnovlennyaekonomikyfinansyrynokbyudzhetukrayiny","newstag-konomykaukraynvvpukraynfynansovjrnokvosstanovlenyekonomykymakroukraynaukraynskyjbyznes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/150087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=150087"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=150087"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=150087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}