“In 2016, Ukraine
has a chance to reach a record level of #grain export again. We have set a
record by exporting 35 million tons of grain in 2015. This year, we are going
to export more than 36 million tons of grain. The harvest will depend on the
weather conditions. I expect that we will reach the volume no fewer than we had
a year ago – more than 60 million tons”, Oleksii Pavlenko, the
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, informed in his interview.
What regards the
state support for the industry, Oleksii Pavlenko stressed that
the Ministry wanted to receive up to 4 million UAH of budget allocations as the
support for farmers. But the shortage of money in the state budget encourages
us to focus on other priority tasks.
“As I have already
said, deregulation is our current main focus. The other direction is the
cooperation with our international donors. Today we have already seen the
results of cooperation with the European Investment Bank – we managed to sign
an agreement to attract 10 billion UAH of loan for farmers. The other step is
the attraction of investments to recover the irrigation systems in 5 southern
regions of Ukraine. This step will enable us to increase yields in this
regions by 8-10 million tons and to create more than 100 thousand jobs. In the
framework of this project, we intend to invest $1.5-2 billion in 2016-2017”,
the Minister stressed.
Moreover, the
diversification of Ukrainian products’ supplies is important for support of
agricultural producers. With the beginning of trade war with Russia in 2013,
Ukraine has succeeded in redirecting the export flows of agricultural products.
Today, we export Ukrainian products to 190 countries. The major markets are the
Asian (nearly $6.7 billion of export), the European ($ 4.1 billion) and the
African ($ 1.9 billion) markets.
“The permit for
export of Ukrainian products to the EU is very significant. The European
market accounts for $4.1 billion of export but also is featured by very
different quality standards. For example, these standards provide for the
analysis of all entire production chain in the dairy industry. A lot of
sceptics told that Ukraine would never have milk of European quality. But today
we have successfully passed the certification and 10 companies have already
received the European certificates. It means, that additionally to the export
of our products to Europe, we received great prospects for exporting to the
Asian and African markets”, OleksiiPavlenko, the Minister of Agrarian
Policy and Food of Ukraine, stressed.
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