Corn is a leader in the import of grain seeds to Ukraine

In 2021, 92.0% of grain seed imports to Ukraine were corn. In the first six months of this year, 13.6 thousand tons of seeds of this crop were imported into the country. This was announced by Alexander Zakharchuk, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of Investment and Logistics National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics". The scientist clarified that 23.6% of the total amount of purchases of seed material (77.4 million US dollars) was spent on the purchase of corn. According to Oleksandr Zakharchuk, the main suppliers of corn to Ukraine in 2021 were France, which imported 5.3 thousand tons (51.9%) worth $ 40.2 million. USA, Hungary - 4.0 thousand tons (19.4%) for 15.0 million dollars. USA and Romania - 1.9 thousand tons (12.1%) by 7.4 million dollars. USA. Also, Ukrainian farmers bought corn seeds from Slovakia - 0.5 thousand tons worth $ 1.6 million, Serbia - 0.3 thousand tons worth $ 1.1 million. In Switzerland, corn seeds were purchased 0.3 thousand tons ...