“Israel is the most important foreign economic partner in terms of trade partnership prospects. Today more than 40% of Israeli bread is baked from Ukrainian grain. For 10 months of 2015 alone, Ukraine has exported grain for the total of $217 million to the Israeli market”, Oleksii Pavlenko, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, stressed in his piece for the agrarian Internet-periodical “Agravery”. 

According to the Minister, every second loaf of bread in Israel is baked from Ukrainian flour. Moreover, last year, Ukraine exported grain in the amount of $ 260 million to Israel, while the total grain import of Israel amounts to $704 million. Particularly, in 2014, we exported 390 thousand tons of wheat to Israel,- which accounted for 41,4% of the total import of wheat to Israel.

“However, our aim is not a mere export of grain to Israel, but we want to introduce modern Israeli technologies, which showcase runaway success in the agrarian industry. We perfectly understand that Israel today is an indisputable leader in all spheres of agro-industry”, the Minister stressed.

Oleksii Pavlenko noted that additionally to establishing of trade relations, the Ukrainian-Israeli cooperation is aimed at providing Ukrainian farmers and agricultural producers with technical assistance. This is a way to increase their potential as producers and to ensure the effectiveness of agricultural products production.

“Today, Ukraine needs partners, which will vest confidence in the future of our state and help to reach a new level of development. I hope that cooperation between Israel and Ukraine will become a successful example of such confidence”, Oleksii Pavlenko stressed.