Earnings from agricultural exports totaled $14.6 bln in 2015 – Derzhzovnishinform

Foreign exchange earnings from agricultural exports totaled $14.6 billion in 2015, Olha Yakubyna, the deputy director of the agro-industrial department at the state-run Derzhzovnishinform Company, has said.

Foreign exchange earnings from the agricultural exports totaled $14.5 billion in 2015,” she said at a press conference, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

At the same time, according to her, Derzhzovnishinform noted the reduction in foreign exchange earnings from agricultural exports by 12.6% amid the increase in volume of exports.

Foreign exchange earnings from agricultural exports dropped by 12.6% last year due to the reduction in prices for crops and oilseeds on the world market. At the same time, the volume of exports in 2015, increased by 4 million tons compared with 2014," the expert said.

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