“Israel is the most important foreign economic
partner in terms of trade partnership prospects. Today more than 40% of Israeli
bread is baked from Ukrainian grain. For 10 months of
2015 alone, Ukraine has exported grain for the total of $217 million to the
Israeli market”, Oleksii Pavlenko, the Minister of Agrarian Policy
and Food of Ukraine, stressed in his piece for the agrarian Internet-periodical
“Agravery”.
According to the Minister, every second loaf of
bread in Israel is baked from Ukrainian flour. Moreover, last year, Ukraine
exported grain in the amount of $ 260 million to Israel, while the total grain
import of Israel amounts to $704 million. Particularly, in 2014, we exported
390 thousand tons of wheat to Israel,- which accounted for 41,4% of the
total import of wheat to Israel.
“However, our aim is not a mere export of grain
to Israel, but we want to introduce modern Israeli technologies, which showcase
runaway success in the agrarian industry. We perfectly understand that Israel
today is an indisputable leader in all spheres of agro-industry”, the Minister
stressed.
Oleksii Pavlenko noted that
additionally to establishing of trade relations, the Ukrainian-Israeli
cooperation is aimed at providing Ukrainian farmers and agricultural producers
with technical assistance. This is a way to increase their potential as
producers and to ensure the effectiveness of agricultural products production.
“Today, Ukraine needs partners, which will vest
confidence in the future of our state and help to reach a new level of
development. I hope that cooperation between Israel and Ukraine will become a
successful example of such confidence”, Oleksii Pavlenko stressed.
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