Despite the ongoing conflict in the Donbass, in the past year, Ukraine increased import of goods from Russia by 40%, UNN reports with reference to the National Bank. It is noted that from the "aggressor country" coal, oil products and fertilizers are transported to Nezalezhny. Also in 2017, the import of goods from the EU countries increased by 23% due to supplies of natural gas and engineering products.
In general, according to the NBU, last year, imports of goods increased by 21%, to $ 49 billion. First of all, energy purchases increased 1.5 times, the regulator noted.. The NBU stressed that due to the increase in prices for energy resources, the amount of money expended on imported goods also increased. In general, in Ukraine in 2017 "investment imports grew rapidly, including agricultural engineering products and imports of cars. Over the year, the import of machinery products increased by 31%, "- said the regulator.