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In 2015-16, Ukraine deregulated some food safety import procedures and significantly modified its food safety legislation, introducing HACCP principles.

No new veterinary certificates were negotiated in 2016. Ukraine has introduced a single food safety authority in charge of review of all certificates.

This report incorporates various updates to Production, Supply and Distribution (PSD) data based on recent export numbers as well as domestic production volumes for sunflowerseed, soybeans...

Demand for food products served as an anchor for the Ukrainian economy in 2016. On-going political and economic crisis resulted in general economic slowdown in 2013-15.

Fluid milk production is expected to decrease in 2016-17 due to lack of foreign markets for Ukrainian dairy products. Exports of almost all processed dairy products to Russia stopped in 2014 and...

The summer grain harvest is progressing in Ukraine despite of some delay caused by weather conditions.

The European Commission adopted a proposal to give Ukrainian producers more and better access to the EU market for a number of agricultural and industrial products by temporarily raising tariff quotas

The biotechnology regulatory system in Ukraine is still not fully developed, but the country has committed itself towards shaping its policy in-line with European Union standards.

Ukraine’s poultry production in 2016 is forecast higher than official USDA figures at 1010 TMT, and is expected to increase versus 2015.

Ukraine is forecast to produce around 100,000 metric tons (MT) of walnuts in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 sliding below MY 2015/16 production levels due to weather conditions.

Oilseeds and products in Ukraine are expected to be relatively more profitable than grains in 2015.

The Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine and representatives of non-governmental organizations signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on grain exports for MY 2015/16.