Ukraine agricultural production cost rises by over 22% in 10 months

At the same time, the cost of production of crop products grew by 23.4%, while that of livestock production rose by 18.6%.

The cost of agricultural production increased by 2.1% in October 2017 from September 2017. In particular, the total costs of production of plant products rose by 2.5% in October 2017, while that of animal products grew by 1.1%.

Read alsoUkraine harvests 60 mln tonnes of grain as of Nov 29The costs of material and technical resources of industrial origin used in agricultural production increased by 25.8% in the 10 months of 2017 y-o-y, the State Statistics Service reported. At the same time, the said costs increased by 2% in October 2017 from September 2017.

The State Statistics Service said that the data excluded reports from temporarily occupied areas in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, as well as the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in the east of Ukraine.

Read alsoUkraine boosts revenue from agriexports by quarter in 10 monthsAs UNIAN reported earlier, the cost of agricultural production in Ukraine in 2016 rose by 13.5% from 2015.