The countries of Central and Eastern Europe need to jointly fight the spread of African swine fever (ASF), in this context it is advisable to introduce a format for regular multilateral international consultations.
Ukraine and Turkey stepped up work on concluding a free trade zone (FTZ) agreement and signed an agreement on mutual assistance and investment protection.
The import tariff quotas of the European Union will be planned to increase for 18 Ukrainian commodity groups within five years, an average of 10% per year, according to the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
According to official statistics, the export of Ukrainian agrarian and food products for the eight months of this year increased by $ 2.3 billion, or 24.5% over the corresponding period of 2016, and amounted to almost $ 11.5 billion.
Ukraine will initiate an analysis of the possible development of terms of trade with the European Union for 10 years and revision of the conditions for access to markets, the customs union and other possible additional mechanisms.
According to the results of January-September, 2017, Ukraine delivered to the foreign markets 6,563 tons of cheese, which is 19% higher than the figure for the same period in 2016.