Goods exports from Ukraine in January-October 2017 grew by 20.9%, year-over-year, to $35.2 billion, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.
While imports of Ukrainian fresh fruit and berries to the European market continue to rise, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on December is conducting a training seminar in Kyiv aimed at helping farmers prepare for even greater volumes of fruit and berry exports.
Daniel Bilak, chief investment advisor to Ukrainian Prime Minister, Volodymyr Groysman, and CEO of UkraineInvest – a company aimed at promoting investment in Ukraine – envisages a number of growth areas to strengthen trade links between Ireland and Ukraine, according to AgriLand, Ireland's farming news portal.
Ukrainian farmers exported 8.62 million tonnes of grain from July 1, when a new marketing year began, until September 20, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.
Ukrainian farmers exported 5.8 million tonnes of grain from July 1, 2017, when the 2017-2018 marketing year started, to August 30, 2017, according to the press service of Ukraine's Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.
Ukrainian sugar producers have shipped 751,000 tonnes of sugar abroad since the beginning of the 2016/2017 marketing year (September 2016 through August 2017), which was six times up on the 2015/2016 marketing year, according to the press service of the Ukrtsukor sugar producers' association.
Ukraine and Israel have achieved considerable progress in finalization of an agreement on free trade during the sixth round of talks, according to the press service of Ukraine's Ministry for Economic Development and Trade.
Ukrainian enterprises exported 3,580 tonnes of pork in the first six months of 2017, which was 2.7 times year-over-year, according to the press service of the Pig Farmers Association of Ukraine.
Ukrainian agrarians have exported a record 43.41 million tonnes of grain since the beginning of the 2016-2017 marketing year (MY, July 2016 – June 2017), which was 4.4 million tonnes up from the previous year, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry's press service.