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Grain stocks in Ukraine exceed 11% last year

Grain stocks in Ukraine exceed 11% last year. As of June 1, 2017, grain and legume crops in Ukraine totaled 8.84 million tons, which is 10.8% more than at the same date last year - 7.98 million tons, UkrAgroConsult reports. At the same time, the stock of wheat decreased by 22.3% - to 3 million tons against 3.87 million tons on June 1, 2016. Corn stocks increased by 49.5% compared to last year and amounted to 4.59 million tons Last year, corn stocks at June 1, 2016 amounted to 3.07 million tons. Stocks of barley exceed last year by 1,3% and amount to 519 thousand tons. As of June 1, 2016, the reserves of this culture amounted to 512 thousand tons.

Ukraine set a record for export of strawberries

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Ukraine set a record for export of strawberries. Ukraine continues to increase the export of strawberries. In May 2017 Ukrainian gardeners shipped 454 tons of berries to the foreign market, which is 1.4 times more than in the same period in 2016. These volumes of exports are the record for the entire history of the country's independence.  Analysts note that Belarus was the main buyer, as well as the year before.    

Ukraine is one of the three largest sugar beet exporters

Ukraine is one of the three largest sugar beet exporters. In the current season, Ukraine increased sugar beet export by 6.6 times and entered the world's top three exporters. Ukrinform was informed about this in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). if we take the figures for March inclusive, then Ukraine really increased exports by 6.6 times! Thus, we entered the top three exporters of mainly sugar beet, and in the general ranking ahead of us there are about seven countries that produce and export predominantly cane sugar. Nevertheless, this is a very rapid breakthrough, "- said the economist of the investment department of the FAO Andrei Yarmak. The sugar industry brought to the Ukrainian budget $ 350 million of foreign exchange earnings. According to Yarmak, the export of sugar beet sugar also has problems, despite the increase in volumes. So the expert stresses that the price of domestic sugar is one of the lowest in the world. On the one hand, this gi

Ukraine broke the 10-year-old record for the export of flax seeds

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Ukraine broke the 10-year-old record for the export of flax seeds.   According to official data , in January this year Ukraine exported 12.3 thousand . Tons of seed flax , which is 55 % more than in December 2016 ( 8 th. Tons ) , by 3.8 times the results in January 2016 ( 3.3 ths . Tons) and was the highest monthly index for the last 10 years. In January of this year marked increase in exports Ukrainian oilseed all major purchasing countries , with the most significant increase in shipments was the Turkish market ( 2.9 thousand . tonnes against 88 tonnes a month earlier and 42 tons in January 2016) , which eventually took 2nd place ranking .   The first place has traditionally remained for Vietnam ( 6.1 thousand tons . 5.3 thousand tons . 2.2 tons . ) . In total for 5 months of the season-2016/17 (September-January), Ukraine exported 33.8 thousand. Tonnes of flax seed, which is 50% higher than the results of the same period