Ukraine sees almost 10% rise in average prices for agri-produce in 8 months of 2017

Over the period under review, prices of crops increased by 5.7%, while those of livestock produce grew by 30.2%, the report said.

Prices of farm produce were 3.9% down in August 2017 from July 2017. In particular, crops went down in price by 4.9%, while livestock produce increased in price by 0.6%.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, the average sale prices of farm produce in Ukraine increased by 9% in 2016 against 2015. Crops went up in price by 16.3% in 2016, while prices of livestock products increased by 1.7%.