The export of Ukrainian products to the European countries increased by 31.4% in January-June 2017 or by 663.4 million of dollars in comparison with the same period of time of the previous year and equaled 2.7 billion of dollars. The Deputy of the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Olga Trophimtseva stated such figures as the press service of the ministry reported.
The experts of USAID’s Agriculture and Rural Development Support Program for Ukraine have elaborated the concept of a roadmap to adjust processing and distributing of agricultural products produced in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and adjacent areas of Zaporizhzhia region.
In January-June 2017, foreign trade turnover of Ukrainian agrarian products reached $10,903.1 million, which is 25.2% of country's total foreign trade turnover, the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reports.
The free trade agreement between Ukraine and Canada will start working on August 1, 2017; Ukrainian ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko will give a briefing on topical issues prior to this event.
ASTARTA company which is the member of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation initiated harvesting of early grain crops. Harvesting of early grain crops started from Poltava region and will be followed by farm units in Western regions within a week.
Washington, D.C. - Allseeds Group, one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of vegetable oils and meals in Ukraine, has joined the USUBC. The announcement was made today by the USUBC executive committee on behalf of the 200 companies and organizations who are members of USUBC.
“Until now, 18 companies have been licensed to export dairy products to the Chinese market. But our Chinese colleagues added another nine companies to the list, having expanded it to 27 Ukrainian companies,” Ukrainian State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection Chairman Volodymyr Lapa said.
Ukraine is widely regarded as the ‘breadbasket of Europe’. Yet, the government, under pressure from the International Monetary Fund, has been cautious to opening up the sale of agricultural farmland to foreign investors.