Almost 26,000 land agreements registered in Ukraine

As of October 5, Ukraine registered 25,718 agreements on the purchase and sale of agricultural land, Ukrinform reports.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, 5,001 notaries submitted applications for access to the State Land Cadastre. The total number of applications is 5,729. Of these, 5,061 applications were approved, whereas 660 were rejected.

Between July 1 and October 4, 63,477 hectares of agricultural land were sold throughout Ukraine. The largest areas of farmland were sold in Kirovohrad region (9,340.4 ha), Kharkiv region (7,950.1 ha) and Poltava region (5,542.6 ha).

As reported, Ukraine officially launched the land market on July 1. Until 2024, only Ukrainian citizens will be able to buy agricultural land - up to 100 hectares per person. The issue of selling land to citizens without Ukrainian citizenship and foreigners will be decided only in a nationwide referendum.

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