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AGRICULTURE MINISTRY EXPECTS THAT GRAIN EXPORTS TO HIT RECORD OF 37 MLN TONNES IN 2015/16 AGRI-YEAR

11 March , 2016  

KYIV. March 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine expects that grain exports in the 2015/16 agricultural year (July-June) will expand to 37 million tonnes.

“This year we want to hit a record of 37 million tonnes,” Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko said at the 12th Annual Investor Conference organized by Dragon Capital in Kyiv on Thursday.

He said that a year ago grain exports hit a record of 35 million tonnes.