KIEV, July 16 - The National Bank of Ukraine is expecting the current account deficit to fall in 2013 by 1.5-2% of GDP, said Serhiy Nikolaichuk, the deputy director of the general economic department at the NBU.

"Talking about the situation until the end of the year, we expect the trend of the current account deficit reduction to continue, and in general to have a better result than last year by 1.5-2% of GDP," he said at a press conference on Tuesday.