Ukraine sees almost 10% decline in agri-production in the eight months / REUTERS
Both agri-businesses and private farmers reduced production.
Agricultural production in Ukraine in January-August 2020 decreased by 9.8% compared to the same period last year.
This was reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
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In particular, agri-businesses reduced production by 14.3%, while private farmers cut output by 3.7% during the reporting period.
Overall crop production fell by 12.9%, while livestock production decreased by 2.2% compared to January-August 2019.
The State Statistics Service noted that the data provided does not take into account information from Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, namely the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and certain districts in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The State Statistics Service reported the growth of agricultural production in Ukraine in 2019 at 1.1% compared to the previous year.