KYIV, March 30 - The share of bad loans in the banking system of Ukraine as of March 1 was 56.2%, which is 0.4 percentage points less than a month earlier, according to data posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

The total volume of the loan portfolio for February decreased by 1.4%, to UAH 1.113 trillion.

According to the National Bank, part of non-performing loans in state-owned banks decreased by 0.08 p.p. for the month, to 72.14%.