Agricultural production in Ukraine continues to decline

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 01/18/2018 - 17:16

The fall in agricultural production in Ukraine in 2017 was 2.7% compared with 2016, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported.

In particular, agricultural enterprises for the reporting period reduced production by 3.9%, and the population reduced by 1.2%.

The production of plant products last year decreased by 3.6% compared to 2016. The fall in production in agricultural enterprises and in households is 5.2% and 1.1%, respectively.

The production of livestock products in 2017 decreased by 0.4%. At the same time, in enterprises, production increased by 0.6%, while in the households it decreased by 1.3%.

The State Statistics Service notes that the data are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the zone of the antiterrorist operation.
 

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