Ukraine's statistics service improves grain harvest estimate for 2015

REUTERS

The yield of sugar beets in 2015 was 10.3 million tonnes, which was 34.3% down on the year before, the State Statistics Service said on its website.

The yield of sunflower seeds in 2015 was 11.2 million tonnes, exceeding the result in 2014 by 10.3%.

Last year Ukraine also harvested 20.8 million tonnes of potatoes, which was 12% down on 2014, and 9.2 million tonnes of other vegetables, which was 4.4% down.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine harvested 63.8 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, which was 2.4% up on 2013, reporting a record high harvest since Ukraine's independence.