In January, the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine grew by 5.6%, or by 533.71 million dollars, amounting to 10,058.61 million dollars as of January 31. \n \nThis is stated in an NBU announcement. \n \nThe National Bank did not report the dynamics of net gold and foreign exchange reserves for January (net reserves do not include Ukraine's obligations to the IMF). \n \nAccording to National Bank information, the share of monetary gold in reserves as of January 31 was 217.84 million dollars (as of December 31, 2004 - 222.3 million dollars), available foreign currency - 147.13 million dollars (as of December 31, 2004 - 147.4 million dollars), other reserves in foreign currency amounted to 9,677.87 million dollars (as of December 31, 2004 - 9,153.8 million dollars). \n \nIn January, the balance of NBU interventions on the interbank currency market was positive and amounted to about +711.2 million dollars. \n \nIn December 2004, the National Bank's gold and foreign exchange reserves decreased by 3.68%, or by 363.5 million dollars to 9,524.9 million dollars. \n\nFor 2004 as a whole, the National Bank's gold and foreign exchange reserves grew by 37.3%, or by 2,587.9 million dollars from 6,937 to 9,524.9 million dollars. \n\nFor 2003, the National Bank's gold and foreign exchange reserves grew by 57.7%, or by 2,538 million dollars from 4,399 to 6,937 million dollars. \n\nThe NBU's net international reserves in 2003 increased by 97.8%, or by 2,526 million dollars from 2,582 to 5,108 million dollars. \n