KIEV, June 2 - The surplus of the national budget of Ukraine in January-April 2017 amounted to UAH 19.43 billion thanks to the April surplus of the special fund of UAH 30.52 billion, the reason for which was the receipt of UAH 30 billion (about $1.1 billion) from special confiscation on April 28, the State Treasury Service reported.

The deficit of the general fund of the budget for the first four months of 2017 was UAH 13.67 billion with the target for this period being UAH 52.58 billion, in particular in April it grew by UAH 1.34 billion.