OREANDA-NEWS. August 17, 2010. The positive foreign trade balance of Ukraine for the first half of 2010 totaled 400.5 million, while for the same period in 2009 the balance was negative and amounted to 479.5 million.

These data is given by SSC.

According to the statistics, in January-June 2010, exports grew by 30.9% - to 28.36 billion dollars, while imports - by 26.2% to 27.96 billion dollars.

The export of goods in the first half increased by 33.5% - to 23.1 billion dollars, import - by 29.6% to 26.61 billion dollars.

Exports of services increased by 20,5% - to 5.26 billion dollars, while imports decreased by 1.5% - to 2,34 billion dollars.