KIEV, June 10 – Ukraine's gross domestic product shrank by 1.1% in the first quarter of 2013 year-over-year, according to finalized figures released by the State Statistics Service on Monday, which in late April gave a preliminarily estimate of its fall at 1.3%.

The service noted that the decline was 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2012 and 1.3% in the third quarter of 2012, whereas in the first and second quarters of 2012 there was GDP growth of 3% and 2.2%, respectively.