KIEV, May 31 – The deficit of the current account in Ukraine in April 2017 was estimated at $146 million against a $164 million surplus recorded in April 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

The formation of the current account deficit last month is explained with the widening of the deficit of foreign trade in goods and services, as well as dividend payments. The NBU allowed transferring dividends for 2014-2015 abroad from June 2016, for 2016 from April 2017.

In general, in the first four months of 2017 the current account deficit decreased by 1.5%, to $1.307 billion.