
Exports of Ukrainian mechanical engineering products in August 2025 decreased by 25.1% compared to August 2024 and amounted to $135 million, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
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Export of mechanical engineering is an important part of Ukraine’s foreign trade balance. The decline in indicators may reflect global economic trends or changes in demand for Ukrainian industrial products.
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Exports of Ukrainian mechanical engineering products in August decreased by 25.1% compared to the same month last year.
In August, exports of mechanical engineering products in monetary terms amounted to $135 million.
MOSCOW, October 10 - RIA Novosti. Exports of Ukrainian mechanical engineering products - machinery and equipment - decreased by 25.1% in August compared to the same month last year, according to documents from the National Bank of Ukraine, which were studied by RIA Novosti.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, presented in the report on the external sector of the economy at the end of August, exports of mechanical engineering products in monetary terms amounted to $135 million. In August 2025, this figure was $181 million.

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