China-Ukraine trade is up by 21% through August,

China-Ukraine trade is up by 21% through August, to $5.8 billion, tweets the Economic Development and Trade ministry. At this rate, bilateral trade this year will be near $8.7 billion. If growth rates continue, trade will hit $10 billion next year and in 2020 China could displace Russia as Ukraine’s largest single nation trading partner. “China is a strategically important partner for Ukraine, our trade volume is constantly growing,” Stepan Kubiv, Ukraine’s Trade minister wrote on Facebook from Shanghai, where he leads Ukraine’s delegation to China’s first International Import Fair.