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Ukraine awaits EU ag product quota extension; exports up 32%

Ukraine has already filled almost all its quotas for agricultural products exported to the European Union while awaiting a decision of the European Parliament to extend unilateral trade preferences for these products, Ukraine’s Premier Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

EU’s FVO approves Ukrainian dairy products to enter its markets

European experts from Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) of the Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) approved the quality of Ukrainian dairy products, Andriy Dykun, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food, announced recently. The FVO mission visited Ukraine between late September and early October.

EIB’s Baranyai says bank to invest €3bn in Ukraine infrastructure

Over 2014-2016, European Investment Bank (EIB) will allocate EUR 3 billion to finance investment projects in Ukraine, Laszlo Baranyai, Vice President and Member of the Management Board of the EIB, announced.

Gov’t inspections hamper grains, oilseed exports from Ukraine

Most port and linear grain elevators are being subjected to endless checks by officials in Odesa and Odesa Oblast.

As Ukraine starts exporting poultry meat to EU, Russia threatens

Ukraine has started exporting poultry products to the European Union, the country’s Veterinary and Plant Health and Safety Service (VPHSS) announced on October 20.