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EU cuts tariffs on 84% of Ukraine’s agricultural products

The European Union has lifted custom duties on 95% of Ukraine's industrial products and 84% of its agricultural products, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Pavlo Sheremeta reported during a speech in the Verkhovna Rada.

EU launches program to improve food safety controls

EU experts together with the Veterinary and Plant Health and Safety Service (VPHSS) of Ukraine have begun to implement a project to modernize Ukraine’s food safety control system worth EUR 6.2 million, the Service’s Deputy Director Vitaliy Bashynskiy announced at a briefing July 4.

Ukraine’s agronomists anticipate record grain yields

According to forecasts from Ukraine’s agrometeorologists, the country’s total grain harvest could reach 63 million tonnes in 2014, a record yield for independent Ukraine, Hydrometeorological Center Director Mykola Kulbida reported at a briefing on July 7.