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Poland was the largest exporter of beef from the European Union between January and March of this year, according to figures from the AHDB (the organisation for English beef and lamb). In the first quarter of 2016, Poland accounted for approximately 8,320t or 20% of the beef shipped from the EU to outside markets.

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.

According to the official statistics data, in July-April of 2015/16 MY Ukraine exported 6.2 thsd tonnes of chickpeas, a decrease of 3 times compared with the same period of last MY (19 thsd tonnes). Since the beginning of the current MY, the export volumes of Ukrainian chickpeas to Turkey showed the most significant decline indices - to 1.2 thsd tonnes, against 7.3 thsd tonnes.

In January-March of 2016, revenues from the exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the European Union totaled 1.2 bln USD, an increase of 15.3% compared with the same period in the previous year, declared the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Vladyslava Rutytska on April 25.