Ukraine's international reserves grew by 18% in March and amounted to $43.8B on April 1, the National Bank reported. The regulator explained that the increase of $9B is due to the volume of income from international partners, which exceeded the net sale of currency by the National Bank and the country's debt payments in foreign currency. Thus, $9.31B was deposited into the government's currency accounts at the NBU:● $4.9B from the EU (under the Ukraine Facility).● $1.62B from the World Bank.● $1.5B from Canada.● $880.7M from the IMF.● $286.2M from the placement of foreign currency bonds.● $118.2M in grant funds from Japan.● $32.4M in grant funds from Serbia.Also, Ukraine paid $363.5M for service and repayment of state debt in foreign currency. In addition, Ukraine paid $728.5M to the IMF. The net sale of currency by the NBU in March amounted to $1.8B. Reserves were also affected by the revaluation of financial instruments, which increased their cost by $266.3M. (ICE LEOPOLI)

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