KYIV, Aug 21 - Exports of information technology and computer programming from Ukraine increased by 7.5% on year to $588.3 million in the first half of 2017, the State Statistics Service hs said.

According to its data, in the first half of 2016 the figure was 13.7% higher, and in general over the past year exports of computer services from Ukraine rose by 10.9%, to $1.106 billion.

In the first quarter of this year growth from the same period last year was 9.9%, to $293 million.