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Ukraine intends to expand the access of land products to the market of the European Union, along with the expansion of exports of dairy and animal products. Taras Kutovoy, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, met with EU Commissioner for Health and Safety Vytenis Andriukaytis, with whom he discussed Ukraine’s plans and the course of their implementation.

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Ukraine exports pasta to many European countries, which account for 69% of exports. For January-November 2016 in the EU, this product was delivered at $ 17,600,000, which is 4.2 times more than in a similar period in 2010 ($ 4,200,000). One of the leading countries in importing products from the EU in 2016 was Germany, which managed to bring 13.6% of all pasta products, second place was taken by England, which fell to 12.6%, and third place was taken by Spain, which purchased almost the same amount like England - 12.3%.

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According to the information of NASU "Ukrtsukor", the wholesale selling price for the first month of the current year increased by an average of 5.5% and currently varies between 14.10-14.50 UAH / kg. According to the head of the analytical department Ruslana Butylo, this situation is justified by the growth of tariffs on the world market: “For the period from December 29, 2016, the cost of sugar on the London Stock Exchange increased by almost 4% ($ 20.1 / t) raw cane on the New York Stock Exchange increased by 6% ($ 25.3 / t), "she explains.

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The last image from the satellite to Ukraine shows that the snowmelt area currently includes central areas along with the southern ones. The last satellite image is not entirely cloudless, so it is difficult to see a complete picture of how the thaw spreads. The temperature over the last two days was fairly benign, but forecasts indicate slight snowfall and a drop in temperature to -22 ° C until Thursday night.

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Today, Ukraine takes the place of one of the largest exporters of sunflower oil. According to the association "Ukroliyaprom", in 2016, Ukraine managed to export 4,800,000 tons of products, which is 23% more than in 2015 and an absolute record for the country. Total exports made more profit than the previous year (48 billion dollars.

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According to the State Statistics Service, in 2016, Ukrainian firms reduced the production of fruit and vegetable juices compared to 2015 by 8.1% to 232 thousand tons. Despite the fact that in December 2016, 19.3 thousand tons of juice were produced, which is 0.4% more than in December 2015, in November last year it was produced by 9.5% less product.

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If Ukraine gives investors permission to lease land and enterprises, investors from Hungary will be engaged in restoring Bobovischsky wine cellars in Transcarpathia, known for producing quality, famous wine outside the country. For cooperation, businessmen should receive guarantees of providing all the necessary factors from the Ukrainian side.

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Taras Kutovoy, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, at the opening of the first international congress "Organic Ukraine 2017. The development of the organic market in Ukraine - from production to sale", said that the number of industries that produce organic products increased by 90%, becoming one dynamic industries.

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According to FAO expert, Andrei Pankratov, over the past year, Ukrainian meat producers faced many difficulties associated with an increase in wholesale prices for various types of meat due to cheaper hryvnia, while prices in dollar terms showed no more optimism. The cost of beef, compared with other types of meat, is not so upset producers.

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According to the press service of the ASTP, last year's exports of Ukrainian honey became a record. 56.9 thousand tons of honey were exported, which is 21 thousand tons more than last year and 5.8 times more than in 2011. The largest Ukrainian honey was bought by European countries. In particular, last year Germany imported our product at $ 32,600,000 (33% of all honey exports from Ukraine), Poland - at 18.1 million dollars (18.6%) and the United States - $ 17.7 million (18.1%).

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Ukraine and the European Commission have reached an agreement on the resumption of export of Ukrainian poultry to the EU countries. According to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry, today chicken meat is supplied to the European market. "The issue of regionalization was one of the most sensitive in communication with the European Commission.

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According to the director of the Ukrainian Association of Suppliers of Retail Networks, Aleksey Doroshenko, by the end of February the rise in prices for dairy products in Ukraine will increase by 3%. “Today, we are witnessing the“ swinging ”of prices for dairy products. Processing plants are trying by all means to reduce the purchase price for milk, and due to this, to stop the rise in prices for dairy products in Ukraine, however, farms in every way resist such an initiative.

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Transparency International - a nongovernmental international organization for the fight against corruption and the study of the level of corruption around the world, has published its annual ranking of corruption, in which Ukraine scored 29 out of 100 possible points. The good news is that this two-point improvement over last year, which shows the anti-corruption reforms that Ukraine has implemented, have a certain impact.

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The United States is ready to negotiate the supply of organic wheat from Ukraine, according to the Minister of Ukraine for Agrarian Policy and Food. During a television interview, the minister noted that the US food is strictly regulated and it is difficult to enter the market with new products, but the US is ready to negotiate organic wheat.

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The Moscow Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (ICAR) reports that a cooling is expected from January 27 to February 4 and poses a threat to winter wheat in some areas of the southern regions of Rostov and Krasnodar in Russia. According to the head of IKAR Dmitry Rylko, the temperature is expected to fall in the Rostov region and Krasnodar region to -17 ° C, where the area is currently not protected by snow.

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Already this month, we should expect a price increase for vegetables of the “borsch set”. Of these, the highest price will rise for potatoes and onions. “All potatoes are infected with the disease. Cutting it, you can see dark spots inside,” says a farmer from Nikolaev. “Vegetables began to rot massively. The crop deteriorates and farmers lose their income, so the cost of potatoes quickly increased.

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