OREANDA-NEWS. June 06, 2013. Ukrainian agrarian sector is becoming more interesting for investors. This year almost a half of foreign investments into the national economics can accrue just to the agrarian sector. According to the forecasts, up to USD 3 bln can be invested into agricultural sector.

Stable situation in agrarian field and also the state policy directed to creating favourable investment climate facilitate to drawing of foreign capital. This was informed by the First Vice Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov.

“Nowadays agriculture appears one of the most attractive economic areas in Ukraine and all around the world. So, in the current year we plan to draw up to 3 billion dollars of investments into the agrarian sector. And it exceeds more than threefold the last year’s sums, when over 800 million dollars were invested into agricultural economies. Such growth of investment volumes has proved possible through the fact, that the state policy became more transparent and predictable. The investors saw at last, that it is less risky to invest money, as in recent years we actively work over enlargement of partnership between the state and private entities in agrarian sector,” the First Vice Prime Minister noted.

So, according to the official, if forecasts concerning USD 3 bln come true, it will mean that almost one half of foreign investments into the national economics fall just on the agrarian sector.

“And it is a vivid example that agriculture is a key economic branch of the country,” Serhiy Arbuzov emphasized.

Moreover, the First Vice Prime Minister informed that amount of investments had significantly increased at the account of finances which would flow not only from European countries, but from Asia, in particular from China. However, investors are interested more and more in meat and milk industry, gardening and biofuel production.