According to the results of the first quarter of 2019, the foreign trade turnover of Ukraine amounted to $ 25.9 billion, $ 6.9 billion (26.6%) of which - products of the agro-industrial complex. It was reported by Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Olga Trofimtseva.

According to her, in comparison with the same period of 2018, the foreign trade turnover of agricultural products increased by 18.4% (or by $ 1.07 billion) and exports – by 22.5% (or by $ 989.9 million). In general, agro-exports amounted to almost $ 5.4 billion.

"The most important factors in the formation of a positive balance in foreign trade in agro-industrial complex are significant export of grain crops, which took 45.4% of agricultural exports for this period, 22.2% of oils and 6.7% of oilseeds", - Acting Minister noted.

She added that in the regional structure of exports of agricultural products for three months of this year, the leading positions occupy Asia countries with a share of 40.9%, the EU countries - 34.9%, Africa - 15.3%, CIS countries - 6, 3%.

The main countries to which Ukrainian products were exported were India (9.9%), Egypt (8.6%), China (7.5%), Turkey (7.4%), the Netherlands (7%) and Spain (6.3%). Italy - 4%, Poland - 3.3%, Belarus - 2.9%, Germany - 2.9%.

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TOP-10 agricultural products exported in January-March 2019