Message on increase in agricultural export.
Over the last 10 years annually Ukraine was exported agricultural production on the average on $3 billion. In the current year this indicator will make about $7 billion. It declared today during a round table the president of The Ukrainian agrarian confederation Leonid Kozachenko.
According to its data, internal consumption of the food in Ukraine makes for today about $12 billion a year, meanwhile, food consumption, in connection with growth of purchasing power of citizens, can grow to $20 billion. If we make (agricultural production – an edition) $60 billion, the minus of $20 billion (internal consumption) will be $40 billion – it is our potential for export – emphasized with L.Kozachenko.
According to him, from that, it will be how successful to work Ukraine in the conditions of the WTO and the Free trade area with EU, will depend, whether it can reach such gain of volume of production of agricultural production and sales volumes.