In January-May period of 2018, the joint index of costs for production of agricultural commodities in Ukraine increased by 13.6% compared with the same period of 2017, reported the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
In particular, the costs for production of plant growing commodities raised by 12.4% compared with January-May of 2017, and animal commodities — up 16.9%.
According to the statistics figures, in May 2018 the costs for production of agricultural commodities increased by 0.8% compared with the previous month, including the figures for plant growing commodities — up 0.8%, and animal commodities — up 0.9%.
Also, the cost indices for materials and equipment of industrial origin used in agriculture, grew by 14.4% compared with the figures in the first five months of 2017.
