KIEV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine's trade-in-goods deficit widened to $12.770 billion in January-October from $11.379 billion in the same period of 2011, the State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.

Exports grew 2.8 percent to $57.199 billion while imports were up 4.4 percent at $69.969 billion.

(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Jon Boyle) Keywords: UKRAINE TRADE/

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