Ukraine: Imports from EU Grew Stronger than Exports

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: February 22, 2013; 19:20 ♦ (Vindobona)

EU27 surplus of 9 bn euro in trade in goods with Ukraine in 2012.

Ukraine: Imports from EU Grew Stronger than Exports / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Biberbaer [CC BY-SA 3.0]

EU27 international trade in goods with Ukraine grew strongly from 2000 to 2008, then fell sharply in 2009 before partially recovering between 2010 and 2012. While EU27exports to Ukraine more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2012, from 5.5 billion euro in 2000 to 23.8 bn in 2012, imports from Ukraine tripled, from 4.8 bn in 2000 to 14.6 bn in 2012. Since 2000, the EU27 has always…