Profitability of crop production in Ukraine in 2017 may almost halve compared to the previous year, to 25.3%, according to the press service of the National Scientific Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics."
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.
Ukraine exported agricultural products worth US$7.51 billion in the first five months of 2017, which was 31.39% up year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry's press service.
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Olha Trofimtseva says that Ukraine plans to intensify trade and economic cooperation with Hungary and increase farm produce exports to that country, according to the ministry's press service.
Ukraine exported agricultural products worth US$4.56 billion in the first three months of 2017 (Q1), which was 38.6% up year-over-year (y-o-y), the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food ministry's press service reports referring to Ukraine's State Statistics Service.