Over six months, Ukraine increased exports of fish and plywood to Israel by 50%
Over the 5 months of 2017, exports of goods from Ukraine to Israel increased by 48,4% compared to 5 months last year.
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Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade - Trade Representative of Ukraine Natalya Mykolskaya wrote about this on her Facebook page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Exports of goods to Israel for 5 months of 2017 increased by 48,4% compared to 5 months of 2016,” she said.
The official noted that 70 new commodity items appeared in exports from Ukraine to Israel (for example, fish and plywood). This is an additional $1,4 million in exports.
Natalya Mykolskaya also reported that today the first day of the sixth round of negotiations on concluding a Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and Israel ended.
“The work is in full swing - we will continue tomorrow,” she added.
Let us recall that in March Ukraine and Israel completed the fifth round of negotiations on concluding an agreement on a free trade zone.
In six months , Ukraine increased its exports of fish and plywood to Israel by 50%.