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For 2020/21 oilseeds will remain a top choice for Ukrainian farmers due to higher profitability compared to grains.

Ukraine harvested a record-breaking volume of wheat and barley for MY2019/20, while corn production was similar to the MY2018/19 volume.

Ukraine introduced export restrictions for wheat at 20.2 million metric tons (MMT) until the end of marketing year (MY)2019/20.

Ukraine is a developing country with a market-oriented economy. Following several years of recovery from the 2014 – 2015 economic crisis, the retail food sector has recently demonstrated slow growth.

Demand for food products served as an anchor for the Ukrainian economy in 2016. On-going political and economic crisis resulted in general economic slowdown in 2013-15.

Fluid milk production is expected to decrease in 2016-17 due to lack of foreign markets for Ukrainian dairy products. Exports of almost all processed dairy products to Russia stopped in 2014 and...

The summer grain harvest is progressing in Ukraine despite of some delay caused by weather conditions.

The European Commission adopted a proposal to give Ukrainian producers more and better access to the EU market for a number of agricultural and industrial products by temporarily raising tariff quotas

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country has committed itself towards shaping its policy in-line with European Union standards.