In Ukrainesufficientcereal stockshas been formedin order toavoidarbitrarybread. Capacity of enterprises of milling industryis over 16 milliontons of grain processing per year; it exceeds the actual needs ofthe domestic market.In turn, the Agrarian Fund will continue intervention offlour tobaking business.These and othermeasures willensure stableprice situation onthe grain marketin Ukraine.

In order to preventprice fluctuationsin the grain marketMinistry ofAgrarian Policy andFood of Ukraineensuredprocessingwheat and rye grainfrom the state interventionfundfor interventionflourtobaking business.

Flourfrom grainof intervention fundis soldforstable prices.And by theend of the marketingyear (July 1st 2013) prices for flourfrom grainintervention fundwill remainstable.This willpartiallyoffset theincrease inother componentsof the costof breadand ensure stableprice situationin the domesticmarket.

Moreover,thanks tomeasures takenby the Government in2012 and2013, unlike previous years, grinding batches of grainof intervention fundare formedconsideringplacingbakeriesthat can significantlyreduce the cost oftransportingflour.

It shouldalso be notedthat the Government gaveinstructions torelevant centralandlocal executive bodiesto implementadditional measures tocontrol stable situationin the grain market, in particular, changes in the payments systemof businessbaking industryfor gasand electricity,reductionsby retailerssettlement termswith bakingenterprises,strengtheningenforcementof legislation on protectionof economic competition.

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