KIEV, April 13 - The consumer confidence of Ukrainians deteriorated in March, with the Consumer Confidence Index at 50.6, which is 3.6 points lower than in February, GfK Ukraine reported on Monday.

"The drop in the consumer confidence index took place first of all due to the decrease of the Propensity to Consume index following the February increase. This result can be explained by the decrease of the devaluation expectations, which makes buying imported goods for the future use less reasonable, and these are the goods which refer to Propensity to Consume index," the company said.