Since year-start and as of September 1, more than 10,000 Ukrainian agricultural enterprises have received a total of UAH 49 billion in bank loans for capacity development.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The largest volume of loans under various programs was disbursed in Kyiv region (UAH 8.46 billion to 745 enterprises), Vinnytsia region (UAH 4.8 billion to 1,162 enterprises) and Dnipropetrovsk region (UAH 4.4 billion to 672 enterprises). In Kirovohrad region, 1,441 enterprises received loans worth UAH 4 billion.
As of September 1, under the government’s Affordable 5-7-9% Loans program, almost 8,000 agricultural enterprises received UAH 29.6 billion in loans.
According to the program, agricultural producers in Kirovohrad region received the largest amount of loans: 1,162 farms received UAH 3.56 billion. UAH 3.12 billion has already been allocated for 929 farms in Vinnytsia region. Also, 601 private farms received UAH 2.8 billion in Kyiv region. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, it was 501 agricultural enterprises that got UAH 2.1 billion. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)
