Production of agricultural products has risen in price by 14% since the beginning of the year

Submitted by bashun on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 17:25

Expenditures for the production of agricultural products in Ukraine in January-July 2018 increased by 13.9% compared to the same period in 2017, the State Statistics Service reported according to UNIAN.

At the same time, expenses for the production of plant products during the reporting period increased by 12.9%, and for animals - by 17.1%.

According to the report, the costs of material and technical resources of industrial origin used in agricultural production in January-July of this year increased by 15.6% compared to the same period last year. In July, as compared to June, the cost of material and technical resources of industrial origin decreased by 1%.

The State Statistics Service noted that the given data does not take into account information from the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and part of the zone of operation of the United forces.

As UNIAN reported, according to the State Statistics Service, the cost of agricultural production in Ukraine in 2017 compared to 2016 increased by 21.8%.

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