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12.04.2010
Ukraine: agrarians purchased 88% of required mineral fertilizers
As of April 7, 2010, agricultural commodity producers purchased 696.1 thsd tonnes of mineral fertilizers, or 88% of the required volumes, and used 296 thsd tonnes of the purchased volumes. The current level of provision with mineral fertilizers exceeded the same period of the previous year by 5%, or 54 thsd tonnes, declared Nikolay Prysyashnuk, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, on April 9.
According to N.Prysyashnuk, during the period of January-June, Ukrainian agrarians plan to purchase and use 787 thsd tonnes of nutrient materials of mineral fertilizers.
The annual requirements in plant protectors in Ukraine totals 19.3 thsd tonnes, to date, agrarians stocked 10.4 thsd tonnes of plant protectors, or 53%, including 6.2 thsd tonnes of herbicides (60%).
