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Ukraine seeks to boost agricultural cooperation with Kazakhstan

Xinhua, January 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Olexiy Pavlenko said Monday that Kiev is seeking ways to boost its agricultural cooperation with Kazakhstan to promote the future development of bilateral trade.

"We are interested in expanding trade of farm products and exchanging experience in the agriculture sector in order to enhance our overall trade ties and economic cooperation," Pavlenko was quoted as saying by the Agriculture Ministry's press service.

Noting that Ukraine's sugar exports to Kazakhstan in January-November 2015 rose fourfold to 7 million U.S. dollars, Pavlenko said that cooperation in sugar industry between the two countries has a tremendous potential to be tapped.

As to other promising areas for boosting agricultural cooperation between Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Pavlenko listed meat, grain and dairy sectors.

From January to November 2015, agricultural trade turnover between the two countries reached 233 million dollars, with Ukraine's exports amounting to 224 million dollars and imports standing at 9 million dollars.

Last year, Ukraine supplied to Kazakhstan grains, cocoa-beans, confectionery, cheese and yogurt, and imported tobacco, fish, chocolate and food oils from the Central Asian country. Endi