REUTERS
Ukraine’s agricultural enterprises increased the average prices of their products by 9.9% in January-July 2017 compared with the same period in 2016, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the report, crop production increased by 2.7% during the reporting period, while livestock was up 45% compared with the same month last year.
Agricultural products increased in price by 0.3% in July against June.
In particular, crop products went up in price by 0.3%, while livestock products dropped by 0.6%.
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In particular, the cost of crop products grew 6.1%, while livestock cost increased by 28.6%.
Read alsoUkraine sees 11% rise in average prices of farm produce in Q1 2017As UNIAN reported earlier, the average prices of Ukrainian agricultural products in 2016 increased by 9% compared to 2015. The output of plant growing last year went up by 16.3%, while livestock production increased by 1.7%.