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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has stated the requirement for the mandatory sale of export earnings could be cancelled, governor of the central bank Yakiv Smolii has said.

“As market conditions develop, we think we’ll cancel this rule,” he said at a conference of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kyiv.

As reported, the National Bank of Ukraine in early February announced the decision to reduce the norm for the mandatory sale of export earnings from 50 percent to 30 percent from March 1.