During April, the international reserves of Ukraine increased by 1.3%, and, in early May, were 18.421 bln, according to preliminary data, the regulator’s press office reports.
Reportedly, NBU’s purchase of the currency on the interbank was the main source of replenishment of the reserves in April, as in previous months.
As per results of April, NBU purchased USD 326.7 mln dollars on the interbank. The net purchase of currency by the National Bank was USD 302.7 mln.
Last month, the reserves received 83.6 mln euros, proceeded from the government’s placement of sovereign bonds, denominated in foreign currency.
“In total, as of May 1, the volume of international reserves covers 3.3 months of the future import and is sufficient for fulfilling obligations of Ukraine and current operations of the government and the National Bank”, the message says.
It should be reminded that in March 2018, the international reserves of Ukraine decreased by 1.2% - to 18.191 billion dollars because of the external debt payment.
Reportedly, in 2017, the international reserves increased by 21% and were USD 18.808 bln as of January 1.
