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Shipments of Ukrainian snails to the EU have been on the rise recently.
Ukraine's State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service says Ukraine in January-September 2019 boosted snail exports to the European Union member states to 248 tonnes, which is 2.5 times up from the figure reported for the whole of 2018.
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"Exports of Ukrainian snails to the EU member states have been on the rise over the recent period. Some 248 tonnes of Ukrainian snails were supplied onto the European market in the nine months this year alone, while shipments of snails to the European Union were 93 tonnes for the whole of 2018," the agency said in a statement on December 18.
In addition, the number of Ukrainian enterprises supplying snails to the EU increased over the two years. Seventeen Ukrainian firms were licensed to ship snails to the EU in the third quarter of 2019 alone against five enterprises in 2018.
As UNIAN reported earlier, trade in farm produce between Ukraine and the European Union in January-September 2019 rose by 23% year-over-year, to a record high amount of US$7.5 billion.
Ukraine in 2018 increased exports of agricultural products to the EU by 8.7%, to US$6.3 billion.