In a heading a number of agronews is presented.
· The agrarian fund of Ukraine as of March 10 realized more than 820 thousand tons of grain. It generally wheat of the 6th, 5th and 4 classes – on 956 million UAH. The minister of an agrarian policy of Ukraine reported about it during press conference in Kiev.
He added that realization of volumes of grain which were bought in 2008, is carried out within the approved mechanism of compensation of the VAT through Agrarian fund to exporters of grain. Zernotreyderam it was paid on the VAT of 556 million UAH.
At the same time, volumes of the grain sold by Agrarian fund will be paid on account of VAT repayment at the expense of what the Agrarian fund plans to receive about 1 billion UAH.
· The agrarian fund returned to agricultural producers of 170 thousand tons of grain on mortgaging purchases for the sum of 107 million UAH.
According to the minister, as a whole in 2008 the Agrarian fund bought from agricultural producers on mortgaging purchases more than 1 million tons of grain for the sum nearly 800 million UAH. "We consider – the head of agrarian department emphasized – that the grain rest – about 800 thousand tons can be redeemed by all subjects of the agrarian market. However, the Agrarian fund will apply for this amount of grain also at market prices to redeem grain which is today in pledge".
· For January-February, 2009 on forward purchases more than 70 million UAH are translated to agricultural producers. for 117 thousand tons of grain, Yu.Melnik noted.
As a whole contracts on purchase of 630 thousand tons of grain are signed with agricultural producers for the sum of 742 million UAH. "That task which we put before ourselves under forward contracts – more than 1 million tons of grain of 2009 – absolutely real, and it will be executed" – the minister reported.
· For January-February, 2009 more than 1 thousand to agrarian and industrial complexes enterprises were prolonged the credits for the sum of 2 billion UAH., that makes about 50 % of the necessary sum.
More than 2 thousand enterprises declared desire to prolong the credits in 2009 for the sum more than 4,2 billion UAH.
As to attraction by landowners of the new credits in 2009, 98 banks agreed in the next 4-5 months prokreditovat agrarian and industrial complex on the sum about 5 billion UAH.
As of March 10, since the beginning of 2009, 250 agrarian and industrial complexes enterprises involved the new credits for the sum of 500 million UAH.
Use Order in 2009-2013 of budgetary funds which go on support of the enterprises of agro-industrial complex via the mechanism of reduction of the cost of the credits is approved. In the nearest future the government will adopt the resolution which will establish the amount of compensation on the credits which are involved with the agrarian and industrial complexes enterprises, is direct for 2009.
· In Ukraine summer grain crops already sowed more than 80 thousand hectares, from them more than 70 thousand hectares are the share of agricultural enterprises. More than a half of a summer wedge it is sowed in the Autonomous Republic Crimea.
At the same time about 1,8 million hectares of crops of winter crops were podzhivleny. "It is possible to note that 93 %-94 % of all crops of winter crops – are a winter rape, winter wheat, barley and a rye – are in a satisfactory and good condition" – the head of agrarian department specified.
· For January-February, 2009 from Ukraine it was exported agricultural production on $1,270 billion, it is imported – on $700 million.
Positive balance of the foreign trade balance – $570 million form today 2 segments of the agrarian market: export of grain and olive crops, and also export of sunflower oil.
According to Yu.Melnik, since the beginning 2008/09 marketing years, were exported about 16,1 million tons of grain and about 3 million tons maslosemyan. "Export of grain can just be one of those directions of export of the agrarian market which as a whole for the current marketing year will give positive balance" – the head of department believes.
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