OREANDA-NEWS. July 14, 2011. If the positive situation of gathering of grain keeps, export of grain crops can make up to 20 million tons, from them wheat - up to 9 million tons. It will be if internal demands and transitive stocks are provided. The First vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Andriy Klyuyev declared this opening the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

According to him, today the harvest is conducting in 18 regions. Now it was threshed almost 2 million hectares, it was threshed more than 6.4 million tons of grain; productivity – 28.4 cwt per one hectare (a level of the last year for the same date – 24.3 cwt/hectares), the First vice Prime Minister informed.

Andriy Klyuyev declared, that in carrying out of a complex of harvest works are involved 53 thousand combines. According to him, more over it is involved 5.8 thousand high-efficiency combines for acceleration of harvest works.

"It is necessary to note, that the general level of technical readiness of agricultural machinery significantly better, than in the last year. Regions report that they increased provision of technology needs of farmers with fuel. Diesel - by 78%, gasoline - 76% that is more, than for the appropriating period of the last year", - Andriy Klyuyev noted.

At the same time, as he said, on a background enough quite good parameters on a crop a condition of a forage reserve have worsened. The first vice Prime Minister informed that in the agricultural enterprises of all types of forage availability per head is a conventional lower against the previous year by 13%.

"Therefore I once again require the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food to pay attention to a question of improvement of a forage reserve. Owing to rains the condition of forage crops significantly has improved. It is necessary to provide their preparation", - Andriy Klyuyev declared.