BRUSSELS, Jan. 15 ??“ The differences in Ukraine-EU trade data reported by Ukraine's State Statistics Committee and the EU's statistics organization (Eurostat) may be evidence of tax evasion, says Roman Shpek, the head of Ukraine's mission to EU.

He said foreign trade data reported by Ukraine's State Statistics Committee and Eurostat often differ by a sum of from EUR 300 million to EUR 3 billion a year.