“Ukraine highly appreciates the traditionally good relations with Egypt.
This country is still an important and promising trade and economic partner for
us”, Oleksii Pavlenko, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of
Ukraine, stressed during a meeting with Essam Osman Fayed, the
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Arab Republic of Egypt, in the
framework of the Global Forum of Food and Agriculture in Berlin (International
Green Week in Berlin).
According to Oleksii Pavlenko, the total trade volume in agricultural
products between Ukraine and Egypt has amounted to $941.9
million for 11 months of 2015. Particularly, the share of export part
reached $908.2million while the import was $33.8 million.
The major export of Ukraine to Egypt was grain ($682 million), oil ($74.5
million), tobacco and tobacco products ($62.3 million) and oil seeds
($32.4 million). At the same time, the major goods for import were
fruits, nuts and rind ($31 million), vegetables, plants and root crops ($0.5
million).
The Minister stressed that Ukraine had started to export fats of animal
origin to Egypt ($4.3 million) in 2015. Moreover, the export of live animal has
increased eightfold for the previous year ($13.4 million) and the export of
tobacco has practically doubled ($62.3 million).
“Ukraine and Egypt have great prospects for the expansion of
cooperation not only in trade but in the sphere of industrial cooperation as
well. Ukraine is ready to establish regular supplies of agricultural products.
Especially, this implies grain, livestock products, vegetable oil,
confectionary and dairy products. We hope to hold the next session of the
Intergovernmental Joint Commission on Economic and Scientific and Technical
Cooperation with the aim of enhancing the bilateral cooperation between Ukraine
and the Arab Republic of Egypt”, OleksiiPavlenko stressed.
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