FOREIGN TRADE SERVICES

According to data of Kyiv City Administration of Statistics, foreign economic trade of services, apart from tourist, involved 132 countries throughout the world in 1997.

Similar to the previous year, the principal partners of enterprises and organizations of the city of Kyiv in foreign trade of services included the United States of America (13.5% of the overall volume of exportation and 22.7% of the overall volume of importation), Russia (15.9% and 8.3%, respectively), and Germany (9.8% and 9.3 %, respectively).

The overall volume of services exported in 1997 year amounted to 367.5 mln USD (in 1996 respective index was 308 mln USD), services imported were worth 168.1 mln USD (70.6 mln USD in 1996).

The positive balance of foreign trade of services amounted to 199.4 mln USD.

The major constituent of exported services both in 1996 and 1997 was tourist services, the share of which in the overall volume of services exported by Kyiv enterprises and organizations was 33.4% in 1996 and 38.2% in 1997.

In the importation of services, the largest share falls to services related to legal, accounting, and managerial consulting - 21.03% of the overall volume of imported services (in 1996 this share was 17.4%). More than one half (18.1 mln USD) of the volume of the imported services falls to services dealing with market survey (marketing).

Table 4.6. Export-Import by kinds of services (enterprises

of all types of ownership and forms of business)1997 (thousand USD)

Services Export Share, % Import Share, % Balance
(+/ -)
Total 367572.35 100.0 168143.02 100.0 199429.33
including
Construction services 18156.82 4.94 12994.00 7.73 5162.82
Assembling and maintenance 8537.01 2.32 10522.23 6.26 -1985.22
Maintenance of fixed assets 13234.77 3.6 2121.93 1.26 11112.84
Tourist services 140401.58 38.20 28470.13 16.93111931.45
Communication 7294.79 1.98 12697.65 7.55 -5402.86
Financial services (apart from services related to insurance and pension provision) 23788.6 6.47 9414.65 5.60 14373.95
Insurance services 1037.80 0.28 11603.31 6.9 -10565.51
Services dealing with real estate 6934.90 1.89 701.66 0.42 6233.24
Services dealing with leasing without operator (operational leasing) 224.55 0.06 3850.30 2.29 -3625.75
Leasing of home appliances 0.00 0.00 0.73 0.00 -0.73
Processing on the spot, services in the fields of agriculture, the mining and processing industies 4115.34 1.12 3414.22 2.03 701.12
Services of computing engineering and related servicing 4300.29 1.17 2804.26 1.67 1496.03
Services in the field of research and development 9180.64 2.5 1998.41 1.19 7182.23
Services in the field of legal, accounting, and managerial consulting, architecture, engineering, and other technical branches 41642.09 11.33 35360.18 21.03 6281.91
Other commercial services 75135.16 20.44 16054.62 9.55 59080.54
Services in the field of education 2067.95 0.56 3883.49 2.31 -1815.54
Non-financial and intangible assets 3186.90 0.87 8881.86 5.28 -5694.96
Organization of recreation, cultural and athletic events 6511.71 1.77 2915.22 1.73 3596.49
Services in the field of health care and social services 565.99 0.15 235.21 0.14 330.78
Services related to sewerage, disposal of scrap, sanitary treatment, and similar services 23.80 0.01 0.00 0.00 23.80
Services provided by hotels and restaurants 1231.66 0.34 218.96 0.13 1012.70

Ttable 4.7. Export-Import of Services: Former USSR (thousand USD) January-December 1997

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 74307.7223154.42 51153.30
including.:
Azerbaijdan 2285.5319.60 2265.93
Byelorus 2601.40600.92 2000.48
Armenia 99.6919.65 80.04
Georgia 205.9952.97 153.02
Kazakhstan 322.83386.29 -63.46
Kirgizstan 59.40382.70 -323.30
Moldova 1974.8328.16 1946.67
Russia 58595.4813992.32 44603.16
Tadjikistan 20.000.00 20.00
Turkmenistan 46.471.25 45.22
Uzbekistan 320.4717.62 302.85
Estonia 424.39494.37 -69.98
Latvia 5342.876476.98 -1134.11
Lithuania 2008.37681.59 1326.78

Table 4.8. Export-Import of services: European countries January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 185216.4684786.13100430.33
including.:
Austria 10562.178542.20 2019.97
Albania 35.400.00 35.40
Andorra 7.000.00 7.00
Belgium 29037.313035.46 26001.85
Bulgaria 1818.471835.31 -16.84
Bosnia & Herzegovina 14.920.00 14.92
Vatican 0.005.00 -5.00
Great Britain 31358.8912370.20 18988.69
Greece 3421.24452.56 2968.68
Gibraltar 80.0047.00 33.00
Denmark 728.71251.21 477.50
Ireland 957.912297.55 -1339.64
.celand 554.7685.14 469.62
Spain 321.85112.26 209.59
Italy 9385.662757.84 6627.82
Leichtenstein 311.4871.50 239.98
Luxembourg 429.3074.38 354.92
Malta 42.304.60 37.70
Macedonia 63.980.00 63.98
Monaco 16.0047.43 -31.43
Netherlands 6473.032861.05 3611.98
Germany 36096.6515553.83 20542.82
Norway 86.363401.66 -3315.30
Poland 4256.704164.05 92.65
Portugal 2.350.40 1.95
Romania 899.19113.99 785.20
Slovakia 2454.797987.78 -5532.99
Slovenia 716.4769.17 647.30
Hungary 9902.461756.31 8146.15
Ukraine 794.61794.71 -0.10
Finland 2185.732337.98 -152.25
France 5517.162474.75 3042.41
Croatia 226.381181.80 -955.42
Czech Republic 5269.781067.68 4202.10
Switzerland 17451.648216.11 9235.53
Sweden 2207.91150.44 2057.47
Yugoslavia 1527.90664.78 863.12

Table 4.9. Export-import of services: Asian countries January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
total 49106,6217110,6431995,98
including.:
Bangladesh 15,750,00 15,75
Bahrain 75,00186,73 -111,73
Vietnam 1440,470,00 1440,47
Palestine 2,000,00 2,00
Yemen 353,3699,89 253,47
Israel 2337,88429,02 1908,86
India 6911,216,70 6904,51
Indonesia 0,00317,39 -317,39
Iran 8662,6136,78 8625,83
Jordan 1,410,00 1,41
China 1557,21580,41 976,80
Cyprus 6783,462292,30 4491,16
KPDR 214,1919,00 195,19
Lebanon 569,3980,50 488,89
Maldives 10,000,00 10,00
Mongolia 46,100,00 46,10
UAE 1043,95858,54 185,41
Oman 0,000,15 -0,15
Pakistan 9,608651,98 -8642,38
Korea 649,8136,10 613,71
Singapore 3790,7010,93 3779,77
Syria 7364,080,00 7364,08
Eastern Timor 1191,400,00 1191,40
Hong Kong 67,740,00 67,74
Taiwan 1,840,00 1,84
Turkey 5346,733493,90 1852,83
Sri - Lanka 408,600,00 408,6
Japan 252,1310,32 241,81

Table 4.10. Export-import of services: American countries January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 57265,7242588,9314676,79
Including.:
Angilia 457,300,00 457,30
Antigua & Barbuda 4,000,00 4,00
Argentina 0,0033,00 -33,00
Bahamas 949,9151,40 898,51
Belize 2,03327,00 -324,97
Brazil 0,0032,09 -32,09
Virgin Islands 2059,211509,96 549,25
Honduras 0,005,00 -5,00
Grenadines 39,700,00 39,70
Greenland 1,850,00 1,85
Dominica 9,080,00 9,08
Cayman Islands 1,030,00 1,03
Canada 962,382383,29 -1420,91
Columbia 60,000,00 60,00
Cuba 1458,690,00 1458,69
Mexico 270,000,00 270,00
Panama 532,810,00 532,81
Peru 204,200,00 204,20
St. Kitts & Nevis 29,780,00 29,78
USA 49793,2038247,19 11546,01
Uruguay 133,080,00 133,08
Chile 2,970,00 2,97
Ecuador 294,500,00 294,50

Table 4.11. Export-import of services: other countries of the world January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 1675,82502,89 1172,93
Including.:
Africa
Algeria 133,2042,00 91,20
Angola 160,8010,47 150,33
British Territories in Indian Ocean 0,001,32 -1,32
Burundi 40,880,00 40,88
Ghana 3,200,00 3,20
Djibouti 16,500,00 16,50
Egypt 49,2119,80 29,41
Zaire 20,000,00 20,00
Kenya 0,0091,00 -91,00
Lesotho 10,000,00 10,00
Libya 5,420,00 5,42
Mauritius 1,560,00 1,56
Mauritania 44,500,00 44,50
Morocco 3,830,00 3,83
Mozambique 4,200,00 4,20
South Africa 139,5466,01 73,53
Rwanda 22,565,27 17,29
Sao Tome & Principe 22,600,00 22,60
Somalia 7,400,00 7,40
Sudan 557,18114,99 442,19
Tanzania 7,350,15 7,20
Tunisia 36,900,00 36,90
Uganda 121,60103,66 17,94
Central African Republic 0,003,10 -3,10
Total 1408,43457,77950,66
Antarctic Continent 35,790,00 35,79
Australia & Oceania
Australia 230,930,00 230,93
Northern Marianas 0,0034,40 -34,40
Micronesia 0,670,00 0,67
New Zealand 0,0010,72 -10,72
Total 231,645,12186,48

COMMODITIES

The volume of foreign trade in commodities in 1997 amounted to 6,241 mln USD, including exportation in the amount of 1,883.0 mln USD, importation in the amount of 4,358.2 mln USD.

Negative foreign trade balance totaled - 2,475.2 mln USD.

Enterprises and organizations of the city of Kyiv fulfilled foreign trade operations with their partners from 150 countries throughout the world.

The CIS member states and the Baltics account for 45.1% of exportation and 47.4% of importation. In 1997, the major trading partners from this group of countries were Russia (26.5% of the overall volume of exportation and 27.7% of importation), Turkmenistan (5.1% of the overall volume of exportation and 11.4% of importation), Byelorus (5.1% of the overall volume of exportation and 1.1% of importation).

The share of European countries in trade in commodities is 26.3% in exportation and 36.9% in importation. In this group, the largest trading partner was Germany (8.0% of the overall volume of exportation and 9.4% of importation).

The countries of "far abroad" account for 28.6% of exportation and 15.7% of importation.

In the structure of exported of commodities, the greatest are the shares of the following goods:

The principal items of importation are as follows:

Table 4.12. Export-Import of Commodities: Former USSR (thousand USD) January-December 1997

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 849638,92066195,36-1216556,46
Including.:
Azerbaijdan 16404,909676,35 6728,55
Byelorus 95526,5849616,14 45910,44
Armenia 3105,36827,01 2278,35
Georgia 14931,961773,22 13158,74
Kazakhstan 14607,60136379,20 -121771,60
Kirgizstan 1534,484059,70 -2525,22
Moldova 42332,1611956,87 30375,29
Russia 498421,541205546,25 -707124,71
Tadjikistan 1345,911036,62 309,29
Turkmenistan 96770,76496908,89 -400138,13
Uzbekistan 23675,129127,65 14547,47
Estonia 7030,3225539,10 -18508,78
Latvia 18797,0432311,38 -13514,34
Lithuania 15155,1781436,98 -66281,81

Table 4.13. Export-import of commodities: European countries January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 496043,251606413,78 -1110370,53
Including.:
Austria 4208,4176740,04 -72531,63
Albania 0,00885,13 -885,13
Belgium 20488,1655545,44 -35057,28
Bulgaria 21558,0963382,40 -41824,31
Bosnia & Herzegovina 24,950,00 24,95
Great Britain 14875,9391069,03 -76193,10
Greece 3952,3715197,72 -11245,35
Gibraltar 258,211080,13 -821,92
Denmark 2127,2024212,77 -22085,57
Ireland 2006,4918049,25 -16042,76
.celand 0,00319,32 -319,32
Spain 26382,6825032,21 1350,47
Italy 79287,43141051,46 -61764,03
Leichtenstein 2649,811058,30 1591,51
Luxembourg 3298,37998,24 2300,13
Malta 121,1834,02 87,16
Macedonia 113,092039,21 -1926,12
Monaco 0,00144,77 -144,77
Netherlands 42845,5661718,34 -18872,78
Germany 151517,76407497,70 -255979,94
Norway 157,643034,48 -2876,84
Poland 24882,25129537,04 -104654,79
Portugal 5628,441778,37 3850,07
Romania 2249,9013721,38 -11471,48
San Marino 2059,64121,95 1937,69
Slovakia 26629,3437387,81 -10758,47
Slovenia 170,5520542,32 -20371,77
Hungary 10835,0763817,21 -52982,14
Finland 3294,9162480,54 -59185,63
France 14146,9090179,92 -76033,02
Croatia 1674,293834,01 -2159,72
Czech Republic 8098,6290490,38 -82391,76
Switzerland 17446,6870022,05 -52575,37
Sweden 564,6627245,95 -26681,29
Yugoslavia 2488,676164,89 -3676,22

Table 4.14. Export-import of commodities: Asian countries January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 407028,61322656,4584372,16
Including.:
Afghanistan 309,16186,40 122,76
Bangladesh 25,1810,78 14,40
Bahrain 0,005,88 -5,88
Vietnam 12750,505782,86 6967,64
Hong Kong 371,292500,49 -2129,20
Yemen 920,760,00 920,76
Israel 28050,1129388,05 -1337,94
India 16101,8639992,68 -23890,82
Indonesia 2132,522540,26 -407,74
Iran 21939,544805,14 17134,40
Jordan 3040,801393,50 1647,30
Cambodjia 780,400,54 779,86
Qatar 0,0013,36 -13,36
China 6633,5339598,66 -32965,13
Cyprus 4044,292813,67 1230,62
Kuwait 0,008,17 -8,17
KPDR 2,16815,18 -813,02
Laos 0,002,13 -2,13
Lebanon 16799,951297,34 15502,61
Macau 0,0018,49 -18,49
Malaysia 44,045448,48 -5404,44
Mongolia 67,7424,94 42,80
Myanmar 0,000,54 -0,54
Nepal 0,001,07 -1,07
UAE 759,242449,30 -1690,06
Pakistan 183717,31630,41 183086,90
Korea 2632,2662238,83 -59606,57
Saudi Arabia 7333,90101,83 7232,07
Singapore 228,299362,77 -9134,48
Syria 15478,08679,83 14798,25
Taiwan 1092,715684,23 -4591,52
Thailand 0,001133,53 -1133,53
Turkey 73217,4135393,94 37823,47
Philippines 3374,66346,77 3027,89
Sri Lanka 2044,426260,63 -4216,21
Japan 3136,5061725,77 -58589,27

Table 4.15. Export-import of services: American countries January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 87288,78355153,91-267865,13
Including.:
Angilia 99,98109,76 -9,78
Argentina 385,061397,70 -1012,64
Bahamas 0,0083,94 -83,94
Barbados 0,000,53 -0,53
Belize 100,810,00 100,81
Bermuda 178,424723,75 -4545,33
Bolivia 5,930,00 5,93
Brazil 5,4321254,26 -21248,83
Virgin Islands 16650,145524,95 11125,19
Guatemala 0,001,60 -1,60
Honduras 0,008,51 -8,51
Grenadines 0,001,06 -1,06
Greenland 0,002,15 -2,15
Dominica 11,370,00 11,37
Dominican Republic 0,002,14 -2,14
Cayman Islands 1979,365,33 1974,03
Canada 1257,2319718,14 -18460,91
Columbia 0,001278,67 -1278,67
Costa Rica 0,00870,90 -870,90
Cuba 1510,1817,38 1492,80
Mexico 2092,931611,80 481,13
Panama 0,0051,29 -51,29
Peru 6024,8125,16 5999,65
Puerto Rico 0,0012,84 -12,84
St. Lucia 0,001,08 -1,08
USA 46075,73291121,26 -245045,53
Turks & Caicos Islands 0,00 1,60 -1,60
Uruguay 72,3036,53 35,77
Chile 0,00454,02 -454,02
Ecuador 10839,106804,57 4034,53
Jamaica 0,0032,99 -32,99

Table 4. 16. Export-import of services: other countries of the world January-December 1997 (thousand USD)

Country Export Import Balance (+/-)
Total 43028,287755,59 35272,69
Including.:
Africa
Algeria 6364,543734,51 2630,03
Benin 5,420,00 5,42
Gambia 0,00355,47 -355,47
Ghana 0,0043,98 -43,98
Guinea 56,101,08 55,02
Guinea Bissau 0,001,08 -1,08
Egypt 18451,651420,93 17030,72
Zaire 1,620,00 1,62
Zambia 14,640,00 14,64
Cameroon 0,0030,64 -30,64
Comoros 0,0011,79 -11,79
Cote d.Ivoire 0,00146,62 -146,62
Lesotho 0,0021,13 -21,13
Luberia 109,950,00 109,95
Libya 469,330,00 469,33
Mauritius 0,0012,33 -12,33
Mauritania 118,412,17 116,24
Madagascar 0,0027,09 -27,09
Mali 0,001,08 -1,08
Morocco 11466,65147,73 11318,92
Mozambique 579,770,00 579,77
Nigeria 4974,55107,52 4867,03
South Africa 18,74235,96 -217,22
Rwanda 0,002,69 -2,69
Sudan 249,87171,14 78,73
Sierra Leone 0,0027,49 -27,49
Togo 0,002,69 -2,69
Tunisia 124,2755,30 68,97
Total 43005,516560,4236445,09
Antarctic Continent 0,00 16,27 -16,27
Australia and Okeania
Australia 22,77 667,0 -644,23
Johnston Islands 0,54 -0,54
Eritrea 11,24 -11,24
New Zealand 467,82 -467,82
Papua New Guinea 28,53 -28,53
French Polinesia 3,77 -3,77
Total 22,771178,9 -1156,13

Groups of goods in accordance with the Commodity Nomenclature of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Activity Exportation F.O.B.
(thousand USD)
Importation C.I.F.
(thousand USD)
Alive animals 9242.29 917.35
Animal husbandry products 57176.4935778.79
Meat, fish, and crustacean products 67216.56 14122.28
Alive trees and other plants, bulbs, roots, flowers 26.63 2350.85
Agricultural products 129122.8138705.45
Processed agricultural products 4330.00 9806.10
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spicery 3188.6830517.78
Animal and vegetable butter, aliment fats, waxes 29136.95 9890.47
Cereals47347.60 7610.88
Flour- and-groats products , flour-and-groats goods 64456.128030.36
Sugar and pastry 113678.49 2564.49
Other nutritious products 1074.15 28464.22
Alcoholic and soft beverages, vinegar 35266.49 18026.98
Wastes of food industry, fodder for animals 2584.10 5011.98
Tobacco and its industrial substitutes 2181.77 33732.54
Salt. Sulfur, rock, construction materials 10302.02 14461.59
Ore, slugs, ash 16404.31 707.86
Petroleum, fuel-lubricant materials, mineral wax 54793.48 1757932.73
Products of inorganic chemistry, precious and rare-earth metals, radioactive elements 12960.44 7883.36
Organic chemical compounds 7376.73 43976.02
Pharmaceuticals56318.76 237200.77
Fertilizers 2133.11 2195.00
Explosives, matches 966.94 2771.10
Photo and movie supplies 1076.22 13374.58
Other chemical products 40983.69210973.4
Plastics and products made of them 10409.19 108933.43
Rubber and gum products 16175.37 34907.99
Leather; raw material and goods made of leather 61680.2912612.45
Natural and artificial fur, goods made of it 771.65 502.35
Lumber and goods made of it, charcoal 5526.18 27349.65
Cork 0 83.05
Pulp, paper, cardboard 31637.73114313.04
Printing products26221.17 25639.95
Cotton, silk, wool, flax, other textiles and threads (yarn) made of them 4544.4731688.16
Chemical fibers, thread, goods made of them 3263.5224423.9
Cotton wool, felt, coil, ropes, others 38.72 9616.43
Carpets, floor sheeting 21.56 3756.30
Clothes, petty wares, knitwear, textile goods 29495.0325855.51
Footwear, gaiters, their portions. Similar goods 17802.36 18686.60
Head-dress, their portions 323.93 193.21
Goods made of stone, gypsum, muscovy, and similar materials 11785.70 14574.25
Pottery 2491.87 19120.39
Glass and goods made of glass 2126.27 17041.01
Ferrous metals and goods made of ferrous metals 218387.8852994.82
Non-ferrous metals and cermet. Goods made of them 123265.3642207.92
Tools, knives, spoons, forks, others 4008.0418918.33
Nuclear reactors, boilers, equipment and mechanical appliances 97150.24 493680.88
Electrical machines and equipment, their parts 92978.86 233800.86
Railroad locomotives, mobile stock for railroads, trams 8201.89 68840.08
Other surface transport, its parts, equipment 18842.73 223753.26
Aircrafts, space apparata; portions thereof 29711.62 5406.61
Vehicles, boats, other floating vehicles 2508.64 391.55
Optical appliances and apparata; appliances for photography and filming; measuring, medical appliances 11144.70 90966.01
Furniture. Bedding: mattresses, cushions, others 5205.72 36309.11
Home appliances 736.28 18108.08
Works of arts, antiques 8.06 62.40
Miscellaneous goods 277217.96 46430.58
TOTAL1883027.82 4358175.09

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