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Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry. In volume terms, Ukraine’s farm production rose by 7.8%. For exports, the top three categories were: crops -- 38%; oils 23%; and oilseeds 10%. The top five buyers were: India -- $1.8bn; China -- $1.2bn; the Netherlands -- $1.2bn; Spain -- $1bn; and Egypt -- $890mn.
Ukraine’s food exports to the United Arab Emirates hit almost $200mn IN 2018 , Olha Trofimtseva, Acting Agrarian Policy and Food Minister, said in Dubai at the Gulfood exhibition. The number of Ukrainian companies participating in the fair more than doubled this year, to 69, she tells Ukrinform. Ukraine largely exports sunflower oil, milk, honey, and eggs to the UAE. With a population of 9.5mn people and a per capita income of $42,000, the Emirates import almost all their food. After signing an agricultural cooperation deal, Trofimtseva said: “Ukraine intends to become a strategic partner of the UAE to ensure food security of this country."
Ukraine wine exports were up 20% y/y in 2018 to $38mn , Deputy Agrarian Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Olha Trofimtseva posted on Facebook on January 29.
Sunflower cooking oil exports could rise this year by 16% to 6.2mn tons,
the USDA predicts. This follows a 15% rise in seed production last year, to 14mn tons. India emerges as the savior of Ukraine’s industry, Fiscal Service statistics show. Last year, India bought 45% of Ukraine’s total exports. Exports to the next 11 countries dropped.
Soy oil, long overshadowed by Ukraine’s sunflower giant, achieved record exports in 2018 -- 215,000 tons, reports the Agrarian Economics Institute. By contrast, sunflower oil exports were 26 times greater -- 5.6mn tons. Last fall, both crops had record harvests: soy up 13% to 4.4mn tons, and sunflower seeds up 12% to 13.6mn tons. Vegetable oils and seeds accounted for one third of Ukraine’s 2018 farm exports, reports the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
With walnuts leading the way, Ukraine’s exports of fruits and berries rose by 17% last year, hitting $229mn , reports Ukrsadprom, the industry association. Walnut exports jumped by one third to 41,000 tons. With walnut plantings expanding in southern Ukraine, peeled walnuts fetch 10 times apples -- $3,670 per ton, versus $350 per ton. In the middle, frozen berries earn $1,640 per ton. The biggest buyers of Ukraine’s fruits and berries are: Poland -- $40mn; Turkey -- $20.4mn; France -- $16mn; Belarus -- $14mn; Greece -- $13mn; the Netherlands -- $11.2mn; and Italy -- $10.2mn.
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