Banks have brought a record amount of cash currency into Ukraine since 2013. Here are the figures.

From January to October 2024, banks imported the equivalent of $12.88 billion in cash currency into Ukraine, marking an increase of 81.4% compared to the same period last year. This is evidenced by statistics from the National Bank, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.

It is noted that the import of cash currency over the ten months of 2024 is a record high since 2013, with only the ten months of 2012 seeing a higher figure of $16.81 billion.

Specifically, in October, banks imported the equivalent of $1.68 billion into Ukraine, compared to $1.3 billion in September and $1.09 billion in August.

According to the statistics, in October, U.S. dollars and euros accounted for 68.3% and 31.6% of all imported cash currency, respectively, while for the ten months, they represented 73.7% and 26.1%.

Dollar supplies in October increased slightly compared to September, from $1.08 billion to $1.15 billion, while euro imports nearly doubled, rising from $229.6 million to $531.7 million.