China has roared ahead of Russia to account for twice as much of Ukraine’s trade this year

China has roared ahead of Russia to account for twice as much of Ukraine’s trade this year, reports the State Statistics Service. For this year through August, China-Ukraine two-way trade totaled $9.4 billion. Russia trade totaled $4.8 billion. Germany was just behind, with $4.6 billion. The next four were: Poland — $4.5 billion; Turkey — $2.9 billion; Belarus — $2.5 billion; and United States — $2.5 billion.