OREANDA-NEWS. July 11, 2013. Since the beginning of the year more than 2.5 million (2683) business entities engaged in agricultural activities have been registered in Ukraine. These are 1161 legal entities and 1522 person-entrepreneurs.

"The most common activity is the growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds. This activity is declared by 789 legal entities and 378 individual entrepreneurs or 44% of the business entities involved in agricultural activities. The growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers is on the second place. With this kind of activity since the beginning of the year registered 42 entities and 226 individuals-entrepreneurs", the director of the Department of State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs Olexandr Barbelyuk said.

It should be noted that since the beginning of this year it has been registered in Ukraine 24338 legal entities and 84301 individual entrepreneurs.