Ukraine exports agricultural products worth $12 billion since year start

Ukraine's exports of agricultural products over ten months of this year amounted to $11.8 billion, and about $13 billion over eleven months of 2015, said Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Oleksiy Pavlenko when reporting about the government's activities.

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"Over the first eleven months this year the exports totaled $13 billion, which means that we have ensured our country's financial security," the minister said.

He also added that Ukraine exports its products to 190 countries, while overall agricultural export is at a record high level since the Ukrainian independence, accounting for 37% of the country's total exports.

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