AIC of Vinnytsia region : Region’s agricultural area is more than 2 million hectares including 1,7 million hectares of ploughed lands; Region holds the 9 th position according to area of agricultural lands; 6.4% of Ukraine’s gross agricultural product is producing in the region; Grain direction with technical crops growing, developed meat and milk husbandry are main directions of the region’s AIC Азіатський напрямок. Кавказ, Казахстан, Китай Європейський напрямок Одеса Миколаїв Одеса, Миколаїв. (морські й річкові порти) Вінниця Strengths of Vinnytsia region Distance from Kyiv km Distance from the seaports, which have access to the Mediterranean Sea is not considerable (Odesa km, Mykolaiv km, Kherson km) The region has an extensive railway network km as well as roads of national and local importance – 9524 km. There are three main pipelines in oblast: “Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod", "Soiuz", "Dashava – Kyiv”, which supply natural gas to the EU countries. 202 kilometers of the state border with Republic of Moldova and neighborhood with 7 regions of Ukraine create favorable conditions for the region’s economy development

Agro-Industrial Complex of Vinnytsia Region in 2012 Agricultural companies (total) Farms Personal farms _______________________________________________________________________ Large food processing companies - 87 Small food processing companies __________________________________________________________________________ Agricultural service companies Research institutions - 4 Institute of forage of Ukraine Academy of Agricultural Sciences - 1 Vinnytsia National Agrarian University - 1 Agrarian colleges - 9

Agricultural lands (total) 1823,3 including: tillage 1655,1 perennial plants 43 hayfields 19,1 pastures 106,1 Forests 4,7

Grain crops 55,954,4 Technical crops 26,527,6 including sugar beets 4,75,3 Potato and vegetables 8,0 Fodder crops 10,310,0 Sawn area (total), thousand ha 1595,91612,6

Region’s agricultural production in 2011, thousand tons

Place of Vinnytsia region among other regions of Ukraine in the terms of production in 2011

Foreign trade AIC in 2011 ProductionExportImport tons$ milliontons$ million Meat of cattle 364,51,8 Pork 6337,810,9 Meat and offal of poultry 7886,45,1 Milk and dairy products 5582,96,5 Butter and other dairy products 76,30,3 Cheese 816,93,9 Wheat 17889,64,6271,70,2 Barley 22650,95,9180,02 Corn 43056,111,647,70,2 Sunflower seeds 1414,80,877,10,4 Sunflower oil ,9154,3 Sugar 24051,75 Sugar confectionery 330,10,4142,90,2 Ethyl, thousand dal 139,51,3 Vodka, thousand dal 405,528,2 Natural grape wine 10,20,04 TOTAL 222,117,7

Profitability of AIC in Vinnytsia region during , %

1.Technical and technological re-equipment of machine and tractor fleet; 2. Development of dairy farming, construction of new and reconstruction of existing dairy farms, introduction of innovative technologies of milk production; 3. The development of grain market infrastructure, construction of new up-to-date granaries with energy-saving technology of grain storage; 4. Development of infrastructure for storing potatoes, vegetables, construction of up-to-date potato-vegetable stores to store production; 5. Development of gardening and infrastructure for storing fruits and berries products.