Foreign Economic Activity in the First Quarter 1998

In the first quarter, Ukraine had a significant negative balance in foreign trade, mainly resulting from trade with Russia.
Table 7
Major Trade Partners of Ukraine's Trade in Commodities in 1997 (thousand USD) by Regions and Countries Source: the State Committee of Statistics

Region, Country Export Import Balance

Total 2747670.17 3527581.51 - 779911.34

I CIS member states 1001504.24 2366227.93 - 1364723.69

Russian Federation 634240.17 2102717.58 - 1468477.41

Belarus 134913.10 50472.91 84440.19

Turkmenistan 39387.30 351.75 39035.55

Uzbekistan 32927.89 7187.36 25740.53

Kazakhstan 20955.30 97707.55 - 76752.25

Moldova 46149.38 12609.09 33540.29

Estonia 13318.95 17902.24 - 4583.29

Latvia 15470.72 12651.93 2818.79

Lithuania 25626.14 52927.80 - 27301.66

II Other foreign Countries 1746165.93 1161353.58 584812.35
Europe 797856.88 872453.01 - 74596.13

Austria 27371.32 47123.92 - 19752.60

Belgium 14274.75 20745.81 - 6471.06

Bulgaria 35781.02 28075.51 7705.51

Hungary 51349.59 36391.58 14958.01

Great Britain 18918.33 41017.43 - 22099.10

Greece 6400.97 7465.07 - 1064.10

Ireland 1823.83 6125.02 - 4301.19

Italy 133620.20 78599.12 55021.08

Spain 34708.39 19223.62 15484.77

Netherlands 23489.63 34056.60 - 10566.97

Germany 142121.23 211895.40 - 69774.17

Poland 63748.88 105278.61 - 41529.73

Romania 42550.78 9631.14 32919.64

Slovakia 59203.66 31100.34 28103.32

Czech Republic 35275.40 42893.17 - 7617.77

France 18071.88 52469.82 - 34397.94

Finland 9209.27 26279.12 - 17069.85

Switzerland 11375.53 14977.17 - 3601.64

Sweden 631.51 25032.98 - 24401.47

Yugoslavia 14303.21 3973.15 10330.06

Asia 636101.43 165586.58 470514.85

China 195930.71 24770.92 171159.79

Cyprus 9668.60 1137.49 8531.11

Syria 51067.52 2524.01 48543.51

Turkey 172659.30 33638.23 139021.07

Thailand 422.04 1752.00 - 1329.96

India 30776.18 16592.58 14183.60

Israel 23857.82 9002.50 14855.32

Iran 31289.78 1590.73 29699.05

Pakistan 557.04 1214.87 - 657.83

South Korea 3343.46 19747.10 - 16403.64

Japan 11254.21 25643.10 - 14388.89

Africa 122717.56 19315_72 103401.84

Egypt 49514.63 1016.30 48498.33

America 183394.04 91577.47 91816.57

Canada 4545.74 8550.96 - 4005.22

USA 52798.37 71853.99 - 19055.62

Virgin Islands (Brit.) 28424.01 21.33 28402.68

Australia and Oceania 5616.75 11156.83 - 5540.08

The main exporters in the first quarter were Dnipropetrovsk oblast (20.3% of the overall volume), Donetsk oblast (19%) and the city of Kyiv (12.2%). As for imports, the largest share fell to the city of Kyiv (25.8% of the overall volume). Dnipropetrovsk oblast showed the best ($356.4 mln USD) positive balance in trade in commodities; the worse negative balance was in Kyiv ($573.7 mln USD).
Table 8
Major Groups of Goods in Foreign Trade of Ukraine in the first quarter 1998, thousand USD

Commodity Group Export Import

Total 2747670.17 3527581.51

Live animals and products of livestock farming 55204.87 31203.81

Products of agricultural origin 144814.98 35753.19

Processed food 66818.63 88790.80

Including:Sugar 23890.01 1462.55

Minerals 243829.93 1989115.3

Including:

Salt, sulfur, plaster materials, cement 25160.46 22273.41

Ore, slags, ashes 106450.90 27854.68

Mineral fuel, oil and oil-refining products 112218.57 1938987.21

Including:

coal 12883.32 76567.48

raw oil ____ 278447.73

gas 0.35 1357200.00

electric power 46713.17 22910.01

Product of chemical and related industries 256676.84 186579.41

Including:

products of inorganic chemistry 94014.64 14842.81

organic chemicals 41494.56 31315.58

pharmaceuticals, including medicines 19037.79 54149.00

fertilizers 56562.74 1218.84

Plastics and rubber 83485.68 121080.73

Raw leather materials 18734.14 7539.45

Fabric and textile 97797.59 96435.18

Footwear 15270.76 7161.72

Non-precious metals and goods manufactured from them 1205332.89 132066.97

Including

ferrous metals 948302.43 56914.09

goods manufactured from ferrous metals 146246.80 27283.01

copper and goods manufactured from copper 34017.19 8564.77

aluminum and goods manufactured from aluminum 61562.13 17587.23

Machines and equipment 167065.91 279540.21

Electric machines 89175.79 143034.19

Means of surface and air transport 127367.72 131435.38

Including

railway locomotives, trams 33422.18 25561.62

means of surface transport, excluding railway 34286.05 101400.83

air crafts, space crafts and parts for them 33295.33 3699.91

Ships, vessels, and other means of water transport 26364.16 773.02

Appliansies 13341.01 35907.64

Table 9

Major Service Trade Partners of Ukraine in the first quarter 1998 by Regions and Countries, mln USD

Regions, Countries Export Import Balance

Total 928.8 222.1 706.7

I CIS member states 602.5 101.4 501.1

Russian Federation 572.8 79.4 493.4

Belarus 6.6 5.9 0.7

Moldova 8.5 4.7 3.8

II Other Foreign Countries 326.3 120.7 205.6

Austria 17.1 1.9 15.2

Belgium 12.3 4.1 8.2

Bulgaria 9.0 3.3 5.7

Great Britain 29.2 16.6 12.6

Hungary 9.6 1.6 8.0

Greece 11.7 2.7 9.0

Germany 30.7 11.0 19.7

Italy 15.9 4.3 11.6

Netherlands 5.9 3.2 2.7

Poland 11.4 6.6 4.8

Romania 3.9 0.4 3.5

Slovakia 2.9 3.7 - 0.8

France 6.7 1.6 5.1

Israel 5.5 1.4 4.1

India 5.7 0.1 5.6

China 4.7 0.9 3.8

Cyprus 13.5 3.5 10.0

Turkey 16.5 2.9 13.6

USA 28.6 18.2 10.4

Table 10

Structure of Export-Import of Services to and from Ukraine in the first quarter 1998, mln USD

Services Export Import Balance

Total 928.8 222.1 706.7

Transportation, including 792.8 82.9 709.9

Sea 121.2 19.8 101.4

Including

passengers 2.5 0.2 2.3

freight 34.6 11.7 22.9

other 84.1 7.9 76.2

air, including 43.5 7.4 36.1

rail road, 90.1 48.6 41.5

pipeline 478.8 - 478.8

Communication services 24.9 36.5 - 11.6

Constructions services 10.7 10.0 0.7

Insurance services 0.4 2.6 - 2.2

Financial services 7.0 29.8 - 22.8

Computer services 0.9 2.9 - 2.0

Royalty and licensing services 0.4 0.8 - 0.4

Operational leasing 9.9 2.3 7.6

Lawyers' and book-keeping services 1.5 3.7 - 2.2

Advertisement, market research, polls 8.2 14.5 - 6.3

R&D; and designing services 6.6 1.7 4.9

Services related to agriculture, extraction of minerals,
initial processing of raw materials 14.2 6.6 7.6

Repair services 24.8 3.2 21.6

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Region, Country	Export	Import	Balance
Total	2747670.17	3527581.51	- 779911.34
I CIS member states	1001504.24	2366227.93	- 1364723.69
Russian Federation	634240.17	2102717.58	- 1468477.41
Belarus	134913.10	50472.91	84440.19
Turkmenistan	39387.30	351.75	39035.55
Uzbekistan	32927.89	7187.36	25740.53
Kazakhstan	20955.30	97707.55	- 76752.25
Moldova	46149.38	12609.09	33540.29
Estonia	13318.95	17902.24	- 4583.29
Latvia	15470.72	12651.93	2818.79
Lithuania	25626.14	52927.80	- 27301.66
II Other foreign Countries	1746165.93	1161353.58	584812.35
Europe	797856.88	872453.01	- 74596.13
Austria	27371.32	47123.92	- 19752.60
Belgium	14274.75	20745.81	- 6471.06
Bulgaria	35781.02	28075.51	7705.51
Hungary	51349.59	36391.58	14958.01
Great Britain	18918.33	41017.43	- 22099.10
Greece	6400.97	7465.07	- 1064.10
Ireland	1823.83	6125.02	- 4301.19
Italy	133620.20	78599.12	55021.08
Spain	34708.39	19223.62	15484.77
Netherlands	23489.63	34056.60	- 10566.97
Germany	142121.23	211895.40	- 69774.17
Poland	63748.88	105278.61	- 41529.73
Romania	42550.78	9631.14	32919.64
Slovakia	59203.66	31100.34	28103.32
Czech Republic	35275.40	42893.17	- 7617.77
France	18071.88	52469.82	- 34397.94
Finland	9209.27	26279.12	- 17069.85
Switzerland	11375.53	14977.17	- 3601.64
Sweden	631.51	25032.98	- 24401.47
Yugoslavia	14303.21	3973.15	10330.06
Asia	636101.43	165586.58	470514.85
China	195930.71	24770.92	171159.79
Cyprus	9668.60	1137.49	8531.11
Syria	51067.52	2524.01	48543.51
Turkey	172659.30	33638.23	139021.07
Thailand	422.04	1752.00	- 1329.96
India	30776.18	16592.58	14183.60
Israel	23857.82	9002.50	14855.32
Iran	31289.78	1590.73	29699.05
Pakistan	557.04	1214.87	- 657.83
South Korea	3343.46	19747.10	- 16403.64
Japan	11254.21	25643.10	- 14388.89
Africa	122717.56	19315_72	103401.84
Egypt	49514.63	1016.30	48498.33
America	183394.04	91577.47	91816.57
Canada	4545.74	8550.96	- 4005.22
USA	52798.37	71853.99	- 19055.62
Virgin Islands (Brit.)	28424.01	21.33	28402.68
Australia and Oceania	5616.75	11156.83	- 5540.08

Including:
Commodity Group	Export	Import
Total	2747670.17	3527581.51
Live animals and products of livestock farming	55204.87	31203.81
Products of agricultural origin	144814.98	35753.19
Processed food	66818.63	88790.80
Including:Sugar	23890.01	1462.55
Minerals	243829.93	1989115.3
Salt, sulfur, plaster materials, cement	25160.46	22273.41
Ore, slags, ashes	106450.90	27854.68
Mineral fuel, oil and oil-refining products	112218.57	1938987.21
Including:
coal	12883.32	76567.48
raw oil	____	278447.73
gas	0.35	1357200.00
electric power	46713.17	22910.01
Product of chemical and related industries	256676.84	186579.41
Including:
products of inorganic chemistry	94014.64	14842.81
organic chemicals	41494.56	31315.58
pharmaceuticals, including medicines	19037.79	54149.00
fertilizers	56562.74	1218.84
Plastics and rubber	83485.68	121080.73
Raw leather materials	18734.14	7539.45
Fabric and textile	97797.59	96435.18
Footwear	15270.76	7161.72
Non-precious metals and goods manufactured from them	1205332.89	132066.97
Including
ferrous metals	948302.43	56914.09
goods manufactured from ferrous metals	146246.80	27283.01
copper and goods manufactured from copper	34017.19	8564.77
aluminum and goods manufactured from aluminum	61562.13	17587.23
Machines and equipment	167065.91	279540.21
Electric machines	89175.79	143034.19
Means of surface and air transport	127367.72	131435.38
Including
railway locomotives, trams	33422.18	25561.62
means of surface transport, excluding railway	34286.05	101400.83
air crafts, space crafts and parts for them	33295.33	3699.91
Ships, vessels, and other means of water transport	26364.16	773.02
Appliansies	13341.01	35907.64

Regions, Countries	Export	Import	Balance
Total	928.8	222.1	706.7
I CIS member states	602.5	101.4	501.1
Russian Federation	572.8	79.4	493.4
Belarus	6.6	5.9	0.7
Moldova	8.5	4.7	3.8
II Other Foreign Countries	326.3	120.7	205.6
Austria	17.1	1.9	15.2
Belgium	12.3	4.1	8.2
Bulgaria	9.0	3.3	5.7
Great Britain	29.2	16.6	12.6
Hungary	9.6	1.6	8.0
Greece	11.7	2.7	9.0
Germany	30.7	11.0	19.7
Italy	15.9	4.3	11.6
Netherlands	5.9	3.2	2.7
Poland	11.4	6.6	4.8
Romania	3.9	0.4	3.5
Slovakia	2.9	3.7	- 0.8
France	6.7	1.6	5.1
Israel	5.5	1.4	4.1
India	5.7	0.1	5.6
China	4.7	0.9	3.8
Cyprus	13.5	3.5	10.0
Turkey	16.5	2.9	13.6
USA	28.6	18.2	10.4

Including
Services	Export	Import	Balance
Total	928.8	222.1	706.7
Transportation, including	792.8	82.9	709.9
Sea	121.2	19.8	101.4
passengers	2.5	0.2	2.3
freight	34.6	11.7	22.9
other	84.1	7.9	76.2
air, including	43.5	7.4	36.1
rail road,	90.1	48.6	41.5
pipeline	478.8	-	478.8
Communication services	24.9	36.5	- 11.6
Constructions services	10.7	10.0	0.7
Insurance services	0.4	2.6	- 2.2
Financial services	7.0	29.8	- 22.8
Computer services	0.9	2.9	- 2.0
Royalty and licensing services	0.4	0.8	- 0.4
Operational leasing	9.9	2.3	7.6
Lawyers' and book-keeping services	1.5	3.7	- 2.2
Advertisement, market research, polls	8.2	14.5	- 6.3
R&D; and designing services	6.6	1.7	4.9
Services related to agriculture, extraction of minerals, initial processing of raw materials	14.2	6.6	7.6
Repair services	24.8	3.2	21.6