On January 9, as part of a visit to African countries, the Ukrainian delegation met with the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Infrastructure and Food Sovereignty of the Republic of Senegal Ali Nguye Ndiaye.
On January 6, a meeting was held in Ukraine between the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine and the deputy head of the World Food Program, namely Marianna Ward.
The Ukrainian Agrarian Business Club reports that in December 2022, Ukraine managed to export 7 million tons of agricultural products.
Since the beginning of the year, 9 bulk carriers have shipped almost 433,000 tons of our products to countries in Africa and Asia.
During the meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal with the ministers of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the results of the agricultural year were summed up, and the support programs for agricultural producers for 2023 were outlined.
Since the beginning of this week, the price of onions in Ukraine began to decrease due to a decrease in demand for products and partial imports from Asian countries.
In the last month of 2022, the price of the food basket in Ukraine increased by almost 39% compared to 2021.
In the month of December until the 20th, more than 3.7 million tons of agricultural products were shipped from Ukraine, which exceeds last month's figures by 810 thousand tons, according to the data of the Electronic Grain Exchange of Ukraine.