News From Agro-Industrial Complex

As of May 30, Ukrainian agrarians planted sunflower seed throughout the areas of 5.21 mln ha, or 99.6% of the plan, as opposed to 4.59 mln ha on the same date last year, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

In October 2013 Ukraine will reach the maximum rates of grain shipments per month - over 3 mln tonnes, which allows to the country to supply the planned volumes of 30 mln tonnes of grains on foreign markets until the end of 2013/14 MY, announced Nikolai Prysiazhniuk, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

He said, since the beginning of July 2013 agrarians already supplied 8.9 mln tonnes of grains on foreign markets, up nearly 8% compared with the last year index for the same period.

The customs duties on grain exports present a serious risk to the economy of the country and the balance of payments, declared Petr Poroshenko, Head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine, on October 5.

P.Poroshenko stressed that to date the current account deficit and the risk of deficit of the balance of payments are the key risks for the country.

Land reform has started up in Ukraine. In the course it provides the creation of special public institution for land management, the ban on land sales to foreigners and legal entities, limitation of the areas one buyer can get. How much will the land cost? What a farmer needs to know to avoid a bad bargain, and when will the sale of land start? Guests of “IZVESTIA” in Ukraine” Press Club were searching for the answers to these questions.