OREANDA-NEWS. May 27, 2011. The most perspective application for the Spanish investments into Ukraine is the agricultural sector. The First vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Andriy Klyuyev declared this at the meeting in Kiev with the State Secretary for the European Union in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diego Lopez Garrido.

Andriy Klyuyev specified that agriculture in Ukraine had the greatest potential for development. This particularly became clear in the context of predictions about the wide food crisis, the First vice Prime Minister of Ukraine noted. He said that there were great opportunities to build greenhouses, vegetable stores, elevators, various processing industries. From his part the Government of Ukraine undertook to create a favorable climate for the Spanish investors, Andriy Klyuyev declared.

The First vice Prime Minister informed, that the Ukrainian authorities were actively conducted the process of deregulation of the economy. Only in April of current year the Parliament of Ukraine approved more than 15 bills relating to the simplification of the business. "It has been greatly simplified licensing procedures, reduced a large number of licenses. Coming soon will be completely solved the problem of VAT refunds. If the debt a year ago with the tax return was over 40 billion UAH, today it is no more than 3 billion UAH. Numbers of enterprises that receive the VAT in the automatic mode are daily increasing. By the autumn we will forget about this problem", - Andriy Klyuyev said.

The First vice Prime Minister also said that it had already passed new anti-corruption legislation. According to him, was scheduled for autumn Customs reform - in the Parliament would be considered Customs Code. Andriy Klyuyev stressed that one of the most important tasks was to dramatically reduce corruption in customs agencies – “businessmen wait this from us”.

According to the First vice Prime Minister, the deregulation process requires a significant reduction in opportunities for bureaucratic corruption.

Andriy Klyuyev said that reforms occurred in Ukraine in all directions. "The administrative reform comes to the end, the Tax reform also almost completed", - the First vice Prime Minister declared. As he said, the Ukrainian authority starts reform of system of healthcare. The significant debate was caused about plans on reform of an education system which was planned to hold in summer, Andriy Klyuyev informed.

The First vice Prime Minister said that Ukrainian authorities makes significant efforts to pull out the country from a hole in which Ukraine have pushed off inept actions of previous authority. As he said, only in this year the Government of Ukraine it is compelled to pay 90 billion UAH debts. In its opinion, one of the major problems of Ukraine there is extremely high price for imported natural gas. He expressed hope, that this question would be managed to solve at the table negotiations with the Russian partners in view of national interests of Ukraine.

At the same time, according to Andriy Klyuyev, Ukrainian authority has already very much to do. The state expenditure is reduced significantly. For example, number of workers of Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ukraine is discharged from 1300 person up to 500 execution of many state programs has been suspended. “The order in public finances is resulted. Deficiency of the state budget up to 3,6 % is reduced, on results of year deficiency is planned to reduce still, and growth of GDP in current to year is predicted at a level of 5,5 %”, - Andriy Klyuyev informed.

In turn Spanish diplomat informed, that in its country deficiency of the state budget in this year will exceed 6 %, the rate of unemployment has already exceeded 20 %, and growth of GDP is expected at a level of 1,1 %.

Participants also discussed the prospects of world economy, the situation in various countries, including EU member states.