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UKRAINE INCREASES FLOUR EXPORTS BY 23% IN 2015

18 January , 2016  

KYIV. Jan 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Flour exports from Ukraine in 2015 amounted to 304,015 tonnes, which is 23% more than in 2014.

According to customs statistics, made public by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, in monetary terms exports of wheat flour in the past year fell by 4.6%, to $69.093 million from $72.230 million.

Imports of flour to Ukraine halved to 1,250 tonnes from 2,490 tonnes in 2014, while in monetary terms the figure decreased by 3.3 times, from $1.72 million to $524,000.

According to the service, exports of flour from other grains fell from 6,103 tonnes worth $2.693 million to 2,832 tonnes for $882,000.

Imports of such flour to the country amounted to 444 tonnes against 136 tonnes in 2014. In monetary terms, it increased by 1.5%, to $134,000 from $132,000.