Ukraine increased the harvest volumes of peas - Ministry of Agrarian Policy

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APK-Inform

1508

Ukrainian agrarians completed the harvesting campaign of peas, and produced 1.09 mln tonnes of the crop, an increase of 38% compared with the last year figures, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on August 14.

In the current year, the planted areas under peas reached 409 thsd ha, up 70% compared with the figures in 2016.

According to estimations of Daniel Trading SA, in the current season the exports of peas will total 500 thsd tonnes. Last MY, Ukraine exported 465.5 thsd tonnes of peas, up 2 times compared with the season-2015/16.

Such high harvest volumes will allow to Ukraine to come to the TOP-3 of countries-producers of peas. 69 countries purchase Ukrainian peas. India and Pakistan are the major countries-importers, added the officials.

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