OREANDA-NEWS. March 25, 2013. The total foreign trade turnover of Ukraine in January-February 2013 was amounted to USD 22 billion, of which 10.5 billion - is exported, and USD 11.5 billion - import.

Ukraine carried out foreign trade operations in goods with partners from 192 countries. 

Ukraine exported goods to Asia of USD 2.7 billion and imported in the amount of USD 2.4 billion.

China's share in total imports is about 12% (USD 1.4 billion), and exports - 4% (441 million dollars).

Import to America is amounted to USD 680 million, exports - worth 667 million dollars.

The volume of trade with the United States amounted to 450 million dollars of import and USD 173 million of export.

In Africa exported goods in the amount of 637 million dollars, import is USD 130 million.

With the countries of the Australian continent imports amounted to 15.6 million dollars, the export - USD 9 million.

Among the EU countries main trading partner was Germany (2% of total exports and 8% of total imports). Next is Poland (4% of exports and imports) and France (2.5% of imports and 1.5% of exports).

On the whole trade turnover with the EU countries is amounted to 3.6 billion dollars of import and export - USD 3 billion.

Concerning European countries, which are not in the European Union, the brisk trade took place with Switzerland (Ukraine imported goods in the amount of USD 154 million and exported in the amount of USD 12 million) and Norway (it was imported goods in the amount of USD 57 million and it was exported goods in the amount of USD 21 million).

The volume of exports to the CIS countries totaled of USD 3.3 billion, imports amounted to USD 4.4 billion.

Among the major trading partners of the CIS countries the Russian Federation is the main trade partner, so Ukraine exported goods to the Russian Federation in the amount of USD 2.4 billion, and imported in the amount of 3.7 billion. On the whole, Russia's share in total imports is 32%, and exports - 23 %.

With its other neighbor - Belarus - Ukraine sell as follows: USD 322 million are exports and 549 million - import. Another neighbor, Moldova, here we imported goods in the amount of about \\$ 12 million, export is USD 116 million.

Export with Kazakhstan was 253 million dollars, while import is USD 146 million.