In January-March, exports of goods exceeded imports by 859.4 million dollars. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee. \n \nDuring January-March, the trade balance in goods improved by 31.3 million dollars compared to January-March 2004. \n \nExports of goods in January-March amounted to 8,354.4 million dollars, increasing by 16.8% compared to January-March 2004. \n \nImports of goods amounted to 7,495 million dollars, increasing by 18.5%. \n \nRecall that in January-February, exports of goods exceeded imports by 917.1 million dollars. In 2004, exports of goods exceeded imports by 3,676.3 million dollars. For 2004, the trade balance in goods improved by 3,629.7 million dollars compared to 2003 from 46.6 million dollars to 3,676.3 million dollars. \n \nBased on materials from "Ukrainian News"