Due to a number of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, seed imports in Ukraine decreased in 2020
Ukraine
Published Dec 17, 2020
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In January-September 2020, Ukraine imported 20.9 thousand tons of grain seeds and 20.0 thousand tons of oilseeds for a total of 338.6 million dollars. USA. And although these figures are more than 20 times higher than the volume of domestic exports of seed material in 16.5 million dollars. USA for the corresponding period this year, but they are still 27.8% less than the volume of imports in 2019, said the head of investment and logistics of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", Ph.D. Alexander Zakharchuk.
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"The trend of increasing seed imports, which was observed in Ukraine since 2015 and persisted until last year, was the result of a sharp increase in demand due to increased consumption by holding companies and large and medium-sized producers. Quarantine and logistics restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 gave impetus to the development of domestic seed production and foreign breeding companies within the country, "the expert explained. It should be taken into account, said the scientist, that most foreign seed companies have already built their plants in Ukraine and to localize their production in our country sell seeds to domestic producers, without even importing it from abroad. In 2020, the lion's share (90.0%) in the import of grain seeds to Ukraine amounted to corn - 18.7 thousand tons. Seed wheat was purchased abroad 1.1 thousand tons, barley - 0.4 thousand tons, rye - 0.5 thousand tons and sorghum - 0.2 thousand tons. In the import of oilseeds, sunflower ...
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