OREANDA-NEWS. July 21, 2011. The Prime Minister Mykola Azarov set the task to create the maximal state, regional and private stocks of grain. He expects incomes in the state budget from export grain. The Prime Minister declared this during a session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.  

Mykola Azarov ordered "to create the maximal stocks of grain: both state and regional, and private". "Conversations on shortage of grain - both for a feed, and for animal industries should not be", - Mykola Azarov emphasized, adding, that for today more than half from 12 million hectares of early grain and leguminous cultures was threshed, in particular is gathered 12 million tons of wheat.

Besides, the Prime Minister considers, that current marketing year should become critical on earnings of the state on export grain. As he said, the Government for this purpose had preliminary created suitable conditions: through the Agrarian fund, through the State grain company it had been concluded futures contracts with peasants, the price on fuel and fertilizers was reduced. Now 500 combines of the State machine and technological station rhythmically fill granai. " The state, instead of grain traders has guaranteed to peasants performances agricultural technology and reception of profit and consequently now the state budget should receive the profit", - Mykola Azarov emphasized.

Thus he explained, that "if earlier benefit from trade of grain and from return of the export VAT only grain traders have received and now state enters the market for the first time and in competitive competition budget will receive benefit, that is, citizens of Ukraine".

"That is new resource which has been created by the Government and which we are going to direct for performance of the task of the President of Ukraine - from above the forecast to raise social standards already in this year" - the Prime Minister said.