According to preliminary data, amount of international reserves stood at USD 22.719 billion (in equivalent) as of 1 August 2013.

The repayment of sovereign bonds worth USD 606 million and the scheduled repayment of IMF loan in an amount equivalent to USD 403 million, which were partly offset by earnings from placement of government bonds worth USD 314 million, put downward pressure on the amount of international reserves.

In July, the National Bank of Ukraine did not intervene in the interbank foreign exchange market.