In November 2005 the international reserves of the National bank of Ukraine has broken another record and reached the point of $19 billion 471.5 mln. It is $4 bllion 582.9 mln (or 30.8%) more than in October this year.

This increase was reached due to the ransom of foreign currency, which came to Ukraine after selling 93.02% of the stocks of the metallurgical plant “Kryvorizhstal”. On the 24th of October the company Mittal Steel won the contest of privatization of “Kryvorizhstal” by offering 24.2 billion hrn.