KIEV, June 21 - Ukrainian companies as of June 17 have submitted applications for value added tax refunds in government domestic loan bonds worth only UAH 5.2 billion, said Oleksiy Liubchenko, deputy chief of Ukraine's State Tax Administration.

"As of June 17, 2010, applications for VAT refunds in bonds were submitted by 809 companies to the tune of UAH 5.2 billion," he told reporters on Monday.