KIEV, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine's exports of information and communications technology (ICT) products surged 18.3 percent in the first half of 2017 to 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, the European Business Association (EBA) said Friday.
With the result, the ICT industry became one of the most profitable export-oriented sectors of the Ukrainian economy after agriculture and metallurgy, the EBA said in a statement.
Among the main factors which contributed to the export increase, the EBA listed the growing demand for the ICT products on the global market and facilitation of exporting procedures inside Ukraine.
The Ukrainian ICT exports have been growing since 2013. Last year, the East European country earned 2.3 billion dollars from selling ICT products abroad.
