OREANDA-NEWS. August 12, 2013. Ukraine has already sold abroad 1.7 million tons of grain, which is 24% more than in the past marketing year. The Government is now actively working on the cheapening of logistics services to the market operators to activate the export. This was stated by Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.

"As of August 7, foreign markets received 1.7 million tons of domestic grain. In addition, other nearly 1.5 million tons of grain delivered to elevators near ports and nearly 190 000 tons loaded on ships," Mykola Prysyazhnyuk informed.

The Minister said that the Government is actively working to reduce the cost of logistics services. In particular, a special interagency group to address this issue is established.

"This year’s grain exports will be a record. Accordingly, the logistics system should work well as a clock. So we continue to work to ensure that the linear grain elevators, railroad transportation and other work smoothly and efficiently," Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said.