KIEV, April 21 - The level of dollarization of the Ukrainian economy as of late March was 24.05%, 1.3% more than in early 2008, the Economy Ministry reported.

"The level of the dollarization of the economy has grown... in the light of the rapid growth in the public's deposits in foreign currency (by 10.2% compared to growth in deposits in hryvnias by 9.2%)," reads the report.