Capital investments in agriculture increased by 27.1%

As Oleksii Pavlenko, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, reported, capital investments in the agriculture of Ukraine had increased in 2015 and amounted to 27.1%.

“Throughout the year 2015, the volumes of capital investments in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries have amounted to UAH 27.9 billion, 27.1% more than in the previous year, and this trend occurred at the background of general decrease of capital investments in the country’s economy by 1.7% and specifically, in the industry by 20%”, the Minister noted.

Oleksii Pavlenko stressed that the capital investments in agriculture have increased by 26.1%, in the forestry – 1.7 times, and in the fisheries – 2.5 times.

 “Thus, the share of investments in agriculture has increased from 8.4%  to 11.1% in the total volume of capital investments in the economy of Ukraine. This situation offered us an opportunity to slow down the general decline of investing activities”, Minister Pavlenko stressed.