03 марта 2021

Export volume of agricultural products of Crimea amounted to 1,5 million of US dollars since the beginning of the year

Export volume of agricultural products of Crimea amounted to 1,5 million of US dollars since the beginning of the year

Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea and Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Crimea Andrei Rumshin stated that the volume of export of the production of the agro-industrial complex of the region amounted 1,5 million of US dollars from the beginning of 2021.

According to the Deputy Chairman, the percentage of implementation of the planned figure within the framework of executing the Regional project entitled “Export of production of AIC” amounted to 12 % since the beginning of the year.

The Ministry of Agriculture plans to lift the rates of export of the production of the AIC up to 12 million of US dollars. According to the preliminary results, export of the production of the AIC from the Republic of Crimea amounted to 18,14 million of US dollars within the framework of implementation of the Regional project called “Export of production of AIC” for 2020, what is three times more than a planned value established by the regional project for the year of 2020”, — Andrei Rumshin commented.

Following the results of the last year, the largest share in the export of the agricultural production consists of:

  • poultry meat — 44 %;

  • strong alcoholic liquors — 17 %;

  • grape wines — 10,7 %.

Reference: KIA