KIEV, Feb. 22 – Ukraine's guaranteed state debt grew by $2.62 billion, to $14.5 billion, in December primarily due to the country's obtaining a $1.5 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, the Finance Ministry reported.

Also, in December the Ukravtodor state road agency's three-year domestic bonds worth UAH 4 billion ($500.4 million) and state-run Fininpro enterprise's eurobonds worth $550 million were placed against state guarantees, the ministry said.