In January-June the joint index of costs for production of agricultural commodities in Ukraine (without the Crimea) increased by 12.2% compared with the same period of 2015, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine informed.
In particular, the costs for plant growing commodities production grew by 8.6% YoY, and animal commodities – by 21.6%.
According to the statistics data, in June the costs of agricultural production decreased by 0.1% MoM.
Also, the cost index for materials and equipment of industrial origin used in agriculture, reduced by 0.2% YoY. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)