KYIV. Oct 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Pavlenko has said that a commodity exchange should be launched in Ukraine.
He said that the top managers of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), a trading leader, recently visited Ukraine and analyzed the creation of a commodity exchange in Ukraine and the guarantees for its efficient functioning.
“After the meeting it was decided to create a working group to launch the commodity exchange. I’m sure that this step would promote the development of the agricultural sector and the Ukrainian economy in general,” he said.
Pavlenko said that the creation of a commodity exchange would strengthen Ukraine’s economic position in the world.