KYIV, June 19 – Ukraine reduced imports of crude oil (HS Code: 2709) by 29.1%, or 110,767 tons, in January-May 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, to 269,429 tons.

Crude oil imports were estimated at $138.115 million, which was 32.8% less than in January-May 2018 ($205.489 million), Ukraine's State Fiscal Service said.

Crude oil from Azerbaijan was imported to the tune of $135.679 million (the share of total imports was 98.24%), shipments from Latvia totaled $2.321 million (1.68%), and those from Hungary stood at $82,000 (0.06%), and other countries – $33,000 (0.02%).