This is 7.8% lower than the deficit for the same period of the previous year. A year ago, the deficit remained at the level of 10.6 billion hryvnia.

Such data on Thursday, April 27, the State Treasury Service of Ukraine. According to the ministry, the state budget revenues for this period amounted to 174.7 billion hryvnia, and expenditures - 184.5 billion hryvnia.

At the same time, the consolidated budget for the first three months of the year was fulfilled with a surplus of 4 billion hryvnia, which is 3.

6% higher than the surplus for the same period in 2016.

Revenues of the consolidated budget for the reporting period amounted to 220.5 billion hryvnia, and expenditures - 216.5 billion hryvnia.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, revenues in the state budget of Ukraine in 2017 are provided in the amount of 721.4 billion hryvnia, and expenses - 790.4 billion hryvnia. At the same time, the budget deficit should amount to 77.5 billion hryvnia - 3% of GDP.