OREANDA-NEWS. June 03, 2009. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko announces in 2008-2009 marketing year 23 million tons of grain has been exported which is 6.2 times more against the previous marketing year. Yulia Tymoshenko stated at the beginning of the Government’s sitting. “It means that the grain is exported successfully, agrarian branch is operating successfully either,” Yulia Tymoshenko emphasized.

The Premier noted the Gov’t also sticks to its liabilities to the villagers with regards to purchase of bread-grain. So, according to Yulia Tymoshenko, firstly over the years of independence in January-May of 2009 the Government has made procurement of bread-grain from villagers to the tune of UAH 1.7 billion.

“The Government, that is acting nowadays, manages to make things which no governmental team had managed to do under similar crisis economic and political conditions,” Yulia Tymoshenko said.