April 12 2002, 17:27 UNIAN

Agricultural profitability in Ukraine

UNIAN reported that farming in Ukraine was profitable in 2001 through grain production and sunflower production.

State Statistics Committee revealed figures where grain production had 42% profitability (in 2000 this level was 64.8%), sunflower production had 67.6% profitability (in 2000 this level was 52.2%). Amongst the crops which proved marginal were sugar beets with only 1% profitability on the average (2000 - 6.1%) where some 12 individual Oblasts could not even break even with this crop. Vegetable and potatoes production was also a loss.