KYIV. Jan 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Grain harvest in Ukraine in 2016 totaled 65.95 million tonnes (in clean weight), which was 9.7% up on 2016, Ukraine’s State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.
Further, a sugar beet harvest grew by 34.3%, to 13.88 million tonnes, of sunflower seeds by 21.7%, to 13.6 million tonnes and potatoes by 4.4%, to 21.75 million tonnes. The yield of other vegetables rose by 2.2%, to 9.41 million tonnes, according to preliminary data.
The report does not cover the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in eastern Ukraine.
