This was stated by Deputy Minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine Elena Kovaleva during a meeting with a group of Chinese business in Shanxi province and Bank of China, said on 10 July, the press service of the Ministry.

As stated by the representative of Kiev, Ukraine is set to export to China of products such as flour, poultry, beef, dairy products, fruits and berries, honey and Apicultural products, eggs and egg products, wheat, canola, sorghum, etc.

"Given the high demand of China for food products, the Ukrainian side is interested in expanding exports to this market not only raw materials but also finished products of food industry", — said Kovalev.

The press service did not specify what was the reaction of representatives of China to the proposal of the Ukrainian side.

According to data announced by Kiev, the xport of agricultural products from Ukraine to China in January-may 2019 amounted to 795 million dollars.

In recent years, bilateral trade of agricultural products between Ukraine, icoa is more than $ 1 billion. USA. While the share of agricultural products in the total structure of Ukrainian export to China is more than 50%.

The total trade turnover between Ukraine and China at the end of 2018, totaled more than $ 9 billion, which significantly exceeds the result of the 2017 7.69 billion dollars.

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