Ukraine sees over 10% rise in average prices of farm produce in 9 months of 2017

Ukraine's agricultural enterprises in January-September 2017 raised average sale prices by 10.5% year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service.

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Over the period under review, prices of crops increased by 5.8%, while those of livestock produce grew by 32%, the report said.

Prices of farm produce were 0.5% down in September 2017 from August 2017. In particular, crops went down in price by 2.8%, while livestock produce increased in price by 8.8%.

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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%.

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