According to preliminary data, amount of international reserves stood at USD 21.652 billion (in equivalent) as of 1 September 2013.

The repayment of sovereign bonds worth USD 392 million and the scheduled repayment of IMF loan in an amount equivalent to USD 961 million, which were partly offset by earnings from placement of government bonds worth USD 226 million, put downward pressure on the amount of international reserves.

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